diff --git a/sdk/android/src/java/org/webrtc/HardwareVideoEncoder.java b/sdk/android/src/java/org/webrtc/HardwareVideoEncoder.java
index 42a3ccfbfd..32656c5464 100644
--- a/sdk/android/src/java/org/webrtc/HardwareVideoEncoder.java
+++ b/sdk/android/src/java/org/webrtc/HardwareVideoEncoder.java
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ class HardwareVideoEncoder implements VideoEncoder {
 
   @Override
   public ScalingSettings getScalingSettings() {
-    encodeThreadChecker.checkIsOnValidThread();
     if (automaticResizeOn) {
       if (codecType == VideoCodecMimeType.VP8) {
         final int kLowVp8QpThreshold = 29;