diff --git a/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp9/vp9_impl.cc b/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp9/vp9_impl.cc
index 600993aa7d..e329536a60 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp9/vp9_impl.cc
+++ b/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp9/vp9_impl.cc
@@ -487,6 +487,15 @@ int VP9EncoderImpl::InitAndSetControlSettings(const VideoCodec* inst) {
   }
   // Enable encoder skip of static/low content blocks.
   vpx_codec_control(encoder_, VP8E_SET_STATIC_THRESHOLD, 1);
+
+  // Turn off per-layer frame dropping.
+  vpx_svc_frame_drop_t svc_frame_drop;
+  svc_frame_drop.framedrop_mode = CONSTRAINED_LAYER_DROP;
+  for (size_t sl_idx = 0; sl_idx < num_spatial_layers_; ++sl_idx) {
+    svc_frame_drop.framedrop_thresh[sl_idx] = config_->rc_dropframe_thresh;
+  }
+  vpx_codec_control(encoder_, VP9E_SET_SVC_FRAME_DROP_LAYER, &svc_frame_drop);
+
   inited_ = true;
   return WEBRTC_VIDEO_CODEC_OK;
 }