diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_digital_gain_applier.cc b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_digital_gain_applier.cc
index 74facc6dd2..20b5a27282 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_digital_gain_applier.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_digital_gain_applier.cc
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ float ComputeGainChangeThisFrameDb(float target_gain_db,
 
 AdaptiveDigitalGainApplier::AdaptiveDigitalGainApplier(
     ApmDataDumper* apm_data_dumper)
-    : gain_applier_(false, 1.f),  // Initial gain is 1, and we do not
-                                  // clip after gain.
+    : gain_applier_(false, DbToRatio(last_gain_db_)),
       apm_data_dumper_(apm_data_dumper) {}
 
 void AdaptiveDigitalGainApplier::Process(
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_digital_gain_applier.h b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_digital_gain_applier.h
index b33ccbac66..b06c65b97d 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_digital_gain_applier.h
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_digital_gain_applier.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #ifndef MODULES_AUDIO_PROCESSING_AGC2_ADAPTIVE_DIGITAL_GAIN_APPLIER_H_
 #define MODULES_AUDIO_PROCESSING_AGC2_ADAPTIVE_DIGITAL_GAIN_APPLIER_H_
 
+#include "modules/audio_processing/agc2/agc2_common.h"
 #include "modules/audio_processing/agc2/gain_applier.h"
 #include "modules/audio_processing/include/audio_frame_view.h"
 #include "modules/audio_processing/vad/vad_with_level.h"
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ class AdaptiveDigitalGainApplier {
       AudioFrameView<float> float_frame);
 
  private:
-  float last_gain_db_ = 0.f;
+  float last_gain_db_ = kInitialAdaptiveDigitalGainDb;
   GainApplier gain_applier_;
 
   // For some combinations of noise and speech probability, increasing
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_digital_gain_applier_unittest.cc b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_digital_gain_applier_unittest.cc
index 8715e904ad..ebb040eb34 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_digital_gain_applier_unittest.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_digital_gain_applier_unittest.cc
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ TEST(AutomaticGainController2AdaptiveGainApplier, GainIsRampedInAFrame) {
       rtc::ArrayView<const VadWithLevel::LevelAndProbability>(&kVadSpeech, 1),
       fake_audio.float_frame_view());
   float maximal_difference = 0.f;
-  float current_value = 1.f;
+  float current_value = 1.f * DbToRatio(kInitialAdaptiveDigitalGainDb);
   for (const auto& x : fake_audio.float_frame_view().channel(0)) {
     const float difference = std::abs(x - current_value);
     maximal_difference = std::max(maximal_difference, difference);
@@ -164,22 +164,27 @@ TEST(AutomaticGainController2AdaptiveGainApplier, NoiseLimitsGain) {
 
   constexpr float initial_level_dbfs = -25.f;
   constexpr int num_samples = 480;
-  constexpr int num_frames = 100;
+  constexpr int num_initial_frames =
+      kInitialAdaptiveDigitalGainDb / kMaxGainChangePerFrameDb;
+  constexpr int num_frames = 50;
 
   ASSERT_GT(kWithNoiseDbfs, kMaxNoiseLevelDbfs) << "kWithNoiseDbfs is too low";
 
-  for (int i = 0; i < num_frames; ++i) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < num_initial_frames + num_frames; ++i) {
     VectorFloatFrame fake_audio(1, num_samples, 1.f);
     gain_applier.Process(
         initial_level_dbfs, kWithNoiseDbfs,
         rtc::ArrayView<const VadWithLevel::LevelAndProbability>(&kVadSpeech, 1),
         fake_audio.float_frame_view());
 
-    const float maximal_ratio =
-        *std::max_element(fake_audio.float_frame_view().channel(0).begin(),
-                          fake_audio.float_frame_view().channel(0).end());
+    // Wait so that the adaptive gain applier has time to lower the gain.
+    if (i > num_initial_frames) {
+      const float maximal_ratio =
+          *std::max_element(fake_audio.float_frame_view().channel(0).begin(),
+                            fake_audio.float_frame_view().channel(0).end());
 
-    EXPECT_NEAR(maximal_ratio, 1.f, 0.001f);
+      EXPECT_NEAR(maximal_ratio, 1.f, 0.001f);
+    }
   }
 }
 }  // namespace webrtc
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/agc2_common.h b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/agc2_common.h
index a6f5fbd82d..3a499d98a2 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/agc2_common.h
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/agc2_common.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ constexpr float kMaxGainChangePerFrameDb =
     kMaxGainChangePerSecondDb * kFrameDurationMs / 1000.f;
 constexpr float kHeadroomDbfs = 1.f;
 constexpr float kMaxGainDb = 30.f;
+constexpr float kInitialAdaptiveDigitalGainDb = 8.f;
 
 // This parameter must be tuned together with the noise estimator.
 constexpr float kMaxNoiseLevelDbfs = -50.f;
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2_unittest.cc b/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2_unittest.cc
index 5b5bd03b16..5bedccd64a 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2_unittest.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2_unittest.cc
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@ TEST(GainController2, Usage) {
   SetAudioBufferSamples(sample_value, &ab);
   AudioProcessing::Config::GainController2 config;
 
-  // Check that samples are not modified when the fixed gain is 0 dB.
-  config.fixed_gain_db = 0.f;
-  gain_controller2->ApplyConfig(config);
-  gain_controller2->Process(&ab);
-  EXPECT_EQ(ab.channels_f()[0][0], sample_value);
-
   // Check that samples are amplified when the fixed gain is greater than 0 dB.
   config.fixed_gain_db = 5.f;
   gain_controller2->ApplyConfig(config);