diff --git a/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvoiceengine.cc b/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvoiceengine.cc
index d873d8b767..47ed43e82e 100644
--- a/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvoiceengine.cc
+++ b/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvoiceengine.cc
@@ -1676,10 +1676,8 @@ bool WebRtcVoiceMediaChannel::SetSendCodecs(
   }
 
   // Set nack status on receive channels.
-  if (!send_streams_.empty()) {
-    for (const auto& kv : recv_streams_) {
-      SetNack(kv.second->channel(), send_codec_spec_.nack_enabled);
-    }
+  for (const auto& kv : recv_streams_) {
+    SetNack(kv.second->channel(), send_codec_spec_.nack_enabled);
   }
 
   // Check if the transport cc feedback has changed on the preferred send codec,
diff --git a/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvoiceengine_unittest.cc b/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvoiceengine_unittest.cc
index 5d8dd90d02..e879cf2d38 100644
--- a/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvoiceengine_unittest.cc
+++ b/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvoiceengine_unittest.cc
@@ -1351,7 +1351,8 @@ TEST_F(WebRtcVoiceEngineTestFake, SetSendCodecEnableNackAsCallee) {
                              cricket::kParamValueEmpty));
   EXPECT_FALSE(voe_.GetNACK(channel_num));
   EXPECT_TRUE(channel_->SetSendParameters(parameters));
-  EXPECT_FALSE(voe_.GetNACK(channel_num));
+  // NACK should be enabled even with no send stream.
+  EXPECT_TRUE(voe_.GetNACK(channel_num));
 
   EXPECT_TRUE(channel_->AddSendStream(
       cricket::StreamParams::CreateLegacy(kSsrc1)));