diff --git a/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/libvpx_vp8_encoder.cc b/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/libvpx_vp8_encoder.cc
index 07c0167124..5e6a402999 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/libvpx_vp8_encoder.cc
+++ b/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/libvpx_vp8_encoder.cc
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ int LibvpxVp8Encoder::InitEncode(const VideoCodec* inst,
   if (inst->maxBitrate > 0 && inst->startBitrate > inst->maxBitrate) {
     return WEBRTC_VIDEO_CODEC_ERR_PARAMETER;
   }
-  if (inst->width <= 1 || inst->height <= 1) {
+  if (inst->width < 1 || inst->height < 1) {
     return WEBRTC_VIDEO_CODEC_ERR_PARAMETER;
   }
   if (number_of_cores < 1) {