diff --git a/api/video_codecs/video_encoder_factory_template_libvpx_vp9_adapter.h b/api/video_codecs/video_encoder_factory_template_libvpx_vp9_adapter.h
index c317cda16c..9947ec9740 100644
--- a/api/video_codecs/video_encoder_factory_template_libvpx_vp9_adapter.h
+++ b/api/video_codecs/video_encoder_factory_template_libvpx_vp9_adapter.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct LibvpxVp9EncoderTemplateAdapter {
 
   static std::unique_ptr<VideoEncoder> CreateEncoder(
       const SdpVideoFormat& format) {
-    return VP9Encoder::Create();
+    return VP9Encoder::Create(cricket::VideoCodec(format));
   }
 
   static bool IsScalabilityModeSupported(ScalabilityMode scalability_mode) {