diff --git a/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp9/svc_config.cc b/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp9/svc_config.cc
index 2935dd1571..ac6b4e5883 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp9/svc_config.cc
+++ b/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp9/svc_config.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 
 namespace webrtc {
 
+namespace {
+const int kMinVp9SvcBitrateKbps = 30;  // Lowest VP9 video rate in kbps.
+}  // namespace
+
 std::vector<SpatialLayer> GetSvcConfig(size_t input_width,
                                        size_t input_height,
                                        size_t num_spatial_layers,
@@ -45,16 +49,19 @@ std::vector<SpatialLayer> GetSvcConfig(size_t input_width,
     spatial_layer.height = input_height >> (num_spatial_layers - sl_idx - 1);
     spatial_layer.numberOfTemporalLayers = num_temporal_layers;
 
-    // minBitrate and maxBitrate formulas were derived to fit VP9
-    // subjective-quality data for bit rate below which video quality is
-    // unacceptable and above which additional bits do not provide benefit.
+    // minBitrate and maxBitrate formulas were derived from
+    // subjective-quality data to determing bit rates below which video
+    // quality is unacceptable and above which additional bits do not provide
+    // benefit. The formulas express rate in units of kbps.
+
     // TODO(ssilkin): Add to the comment PSNR/SSIM we get at encoding certain
     // video to min/max bitrate specified by those formulas.
     const size_t num_pixels = spatial_layer.width * spatial_layer.height;
-    spatial_layer.minBitrate =
-        static_cast<int>(360 * std::sqrt(num_pixels) / 1000);
+    const int min_bitrate =
+        static_cast<int>((600. * std::sqrt(num_pixels) - 95000.) / 1000.);
+    spatial_layer.minBitrate = std::max(min_bitrate, kMinVp9SvcBitrateKbps);
     spatial_layer.maxBitrate =
-        static_cast<int>((1.5 * num_pixels + 75 * 1000) / 1000);
+         static_cast<int>((1.6 * num_pixels + 50 * 1000) / 1000);
     spatial_layer.targetBitrate =
         (spatial_layer.maxBitrate + spatial_layer.minBitrate) / 2;