diff --git a/talk/app/webrtc/webrtcsdp.cc b/talk/app/webrtc/webrtcsdp.cc
index b2d8a30ec5..412825e5cd 100644
--- a/talk/app/webrtc/webrtcsdp.cc
+++ b/talk/app/webrtc/webrtcsdp.cc
@@ -913,6 +913,12 @@ std::string SdpSerializeCandidate(
   std::vector<cricket::Candidate> candidates;
   candidates.push_back(candidate.candidate());
   BuildCandidate(candidates, &message);
+  // From WebRTC draft section 4.8.1.1 candidate-attribute will be
+  // just candidate:<candidate> not a=candidate:<blah>CRLF
+  ASSERT(message.find("a=") == 0);
+  message.erase(0, 2);
+  ASSERT(message.find(kLineBreak) == message.size() - 2);
+  message.resize(message.size() - 2);
   return message;
 }
 
diff --git a/talk/app/webrtc/webrtcsdp_unittest.cc b/talk/app/webrtc/webrtcsdp_unittest.cc
index 64776e29e1..e28599fc67 100644
--- a/talk/app/webrtc/webrtcsdp_unittest.cc
+++ b/talk/app/webrtc/webrtcsdp_unittest.cc
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ TEST_F(WebRtcSdpTest, SerializeSessionDescriptionWithBufferLatency) {
 
 TEST_F(WebRtcSdpTest, SerializeCandidates) {
   std::string message = webrtc::SdpSerializeCandidate(*jcandidate_);
-  EXPECT_EQ(std::string(kSdpOneCandidate), message);
+  EXPECT_EQ(std::string(kRawCandidate), message);
 }
 
 TEST_F(WebRtcSdpTest, DeserializeSessionDescription) {