diff --git a/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine.cc b/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine.cc
index 2c6e561734..3bcec4de48 100644
--- a/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine.cc
+++ b/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine.cc
@@ -3927,8 +3927,7 @@ bool WebRtcVideoMediaChannel::SetSendParams(
   }
   engine()->vie()->rtp()->SetTransmissionSmoothingStatus(channel_id, true);
 
-  if (send_channel->IsActive() &&
-      !SetSendSsrcs(channel_id, send_params.stream, codec)) {
+  if (!SetSendSsrcs(channel_id, send_params.stream, codec)) {
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine_unittest.cc b/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine_unittest.cc
index e481114777..00d6e4b1ed 100644
--- a/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine_unittest.cc
+++ b/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine_unittest.cc
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvoiceengine.h"
 #include "talk/session/media/mediasession.h"
 #include "webrtc/system_wrappers/interface/trace.h"
+
 // Tests for the WebRtcVideoEngine/VideoChannel code.
 
 using cricket::kRtpTimestampOffsetHeaderExtension;
@@ -2552,33 +2553,3 @@ TEST_F(WebRtcVideoMediaChannelTest,
                                                                   640, 400, 30,
                                                                   0));
 }
-
-// Test that sequence number are not reset if stopping and then
-// resuming a stream.
-TEST_F(WebRtcVideoMediaChannelTest, DontResetSequenceNumbers) {
-  cricket::VideoCodec codec = DefaultCodec();
-  EXPECT_TRUE(SetOneCodec(codec));
-
-  uint16_t seq_before =
-      engine_.vie()
-          ->rtp()
-          ->GetRtpStateForSsrc(channel_->GetDefaultChannelId(), kSsrc)
-          .sequence_number;
-
-  // Deactive.
-  EXPECT_TRUE(channel_->RemoveSendStream(kSsrc));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(SetOneCodec(codec));
-
-  // Reactivate.
-  EXPECT_TRUE(channel_->AddSendStream(DefaultSendStreamParams()));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(SetOneCodec(codec));
-
-  // Sequence number should now have changed.
-  uint16_t seq_after =
-      engine_.vie()
-          ->rtp()
-          ->GetRtpStateForSsrc(channel_->GetDefaultChannelId(), kSsrc)
-          .sequence_number;
-
-  EXPECT_EQ(seq_before, seq_after);
-}