diff --git a/webrtc/media/base/videoengine_unittest.h b/webrtc/media/base/videoengine_unittest.h
index 60f1155931..394b9c9a8e 100644
--- a/webrtc/media/base/videoengine_unittest.h
+++ b/webrtc/media/base/videoengine_unittest.h
@@ -1063,16 +1063,7 @@ class VideoMediaChannelTest : public testing::Test,
   void TwoStreamsSendAndReceive(const cricket::VideoCodec& codec) {
     SetUpSecondStream();
     // Test sending and receiving on first stream.
-    EXPECT_TRUE(SetOneCodec(codec));
-    EXPECT_TRUE(SetSend(true));
-    EXPECT_TRUE(channel_->SetSink(kDefaultReceiveSsrc, &renderer_));
-    EXPECT_EQ(0, renderer_.num_rendered_frames());
-    EXPECT_TRUE(SendFrame());
-    // Since multiple streams share this link we should be receiving smaller
-    // initial frames (start at QVGA since shared bitrate is 150k each).
-    EXPECT_FRAME_WAIT(1, codec.width / 2, codec.height / 2, kTimeout);
-    std::unique_ptr<const rtc::CopyOnWriteBuffer> p(GetRtpPacket(0));
-    EXPECT_EQ(codec.id, GetPayloadType(p.get()));
+    SendAndReceive(codec);
     // Test sending and receiving on second stream.
     EXPECT_EQ_WAIT(1, renderer2_.num_rendered_frames(), kTimeout);
     EXPECT_GT(NumRtpPackets(), 0);
diff --git a/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvideoengine2_unittest.cc b/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvideoengine2_unittest.cc
index 95d418e798..5075aa20ea 100644
--- a/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvideoengine2_unittest.cc
+++ b/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvideoengine2_unittest.cc
@@ -871,7 +871,14 @@ TEST_F(WebRtcVideoChannel2BaseTest, SendAndReceiveVp8SvcQqvga) {
 }
 
 TEST_F(WebRtcVideoChannel2BaseTest, TwoStreamsSendAndReceive) {
-  Base::TwoStreamsSendAndReceive(kVp8Codec);
+  // Set a high bitrate to not be downscaled by VP8 due to low initial start
+  // bitrates. This currently happens at <250k, and two streams sharing 300k
+  // initially will use QVGA instead of VGA.
+  // TODO(pbos): Set up the quality scaler so that both senders reliably start
+  // at QVGA, then verify that instead.
+  cricket::VideoCodec codec = kVp8Codec;
+  codec.params[kCodecParamStartBitrate] = "1000000";
+  Base::TwoStreamsSendAndReceive(codec);
 }
 
 class WebRtcVideoChannel2Test : public WebRtcVideoEngine2Test {