diff --git a/webrtc/common_audio/wav_file.cc b/webrtc/common_audio/wav_file.cc
index 685f35377e..880e1ec428 100644
--- a/webrtc/common_audio/wav_file.cc
+++ b/webrtc/common_audio/wav_file.cc
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ void WavWriter::WriteSamples(const float* samples, size_t num_samples) {
 void WavWriter::Close() {
   CHECK_EQ(0, fseek(file_handle_, 0, SEEK_SET));
   uint8_t header[kWavHeaderSize];
-  CHECK(WriteWavHeader(header, num_channels_, sample_rate_, kWavFormat,
-                       kBytesPerSample, num_samples_));
+  WriteWavHeader(header, num_channels_, sample_rate_, kWavFormat,
+                 kBytesPerSample, num_samples_);
   CHECK_EQ(1u, fwrite(header, kWavHeaderSize, 1, file_handle_));
   CHECK_EQ(0, fclose(file_handle_));
   file_handle_ = NULL;
diff --git a/webrtc/common_audio/wav_header.cc b/webrtc/common_audio/wav_header.cc
index 3182b1ffca..8c781fb4cf 100644
--- a/webrtc/common_audio/wav_header.cc
+++ b/webrtc/common_audio/wav_header.cc
@@ -144,15 +144,14 @@ static inline uint16_t BlockAlign(int num_channels, int bytes_per_sample) {
   return num_channels * bytes_per_sample;
 }
 
-bool WriteWavHeader(uint8_t* buf,
+void WriteWavHeader(uint8_t* buf,
                     int num_channels,
                     int sample_rate,
                     WavFormat format,
                     int bytes_per_sample,
                     uint32_t num_samples) {
-  if (!CheckWavParameters(num_channels, sample_rate, format,
-                          bytes_per_sample, num_samples))
-    return false;
+  CHECK(CheckWavParameters(num_channels, sample_rate, format,
+                           bytes_per_sample, num_samples));
 
   WavHeader header;
   const uint32_t bytes_in_payload = bytes_per_sample * num_samples;
@@ -177,7 +176,6 @@ bool WriteWavHeader(uint8_t* buf,
   // Do an extra copy rather than writing everything to buf directly, since buf
   // might not be correctly aligned.
   memcpy(buf, &header, kWavHeaderSize);
-  return true;
 }
 
 bool ReadWavHeader(const uint8_t* buf,
diff --git a/webrtc/common_audio/wav_header.h b/webrtc/common_audio/wav_header.h
index 0901f9704c..37f78a6fe9 100644
--- a/webrtc/common_audio/wav_header.h
+++ b/webrtc/common_audio/wav_header.h
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ bool CheckWavParameters(int num_channels,
 // Write a kWavHeaderSize bytes long WAV header to buf. The payload that
 // follows the header is supposed to have the specified number of interleaved
 // channels and contain the specified total number of samples of the specified
-// type. Returns false if any of the input parameters are invalid.
-bool WriteWavHeader(uint8_t* buf,
+// type. CHECKs the input parameters for validity.
+void WriteWavHeader(uint8_t* buf,
                     int num_channels,
                     int sample_rate,
                     WavFormat format,
diff --git a/webrtc/common_audio/wav_header_unittest.cc b/webrtc/common_audio/wav_header_unittest.cc
index ac79cc16eb..677affa528 100644
--- a/webrtc/common_audio/wav_header_unittest.cc
+++ b/webrtc/common_audio/wav_header_unittest.cc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ TEST(WavHeaderTest, CheckWavParameters) {
       webrtc::CheckWavParameters(3, 8000, webrtc::kWavFormatPcm, 1, 5));
 }
 
-TEST(WavHeaderTest, ReadWavHeader) {
+TEST(WavHeaderTest, ReadWavHeaderWithErrors) {
   int num_channels = 0;
   int sample_rate = 0;
   webrtc::WavFormat format = webrtc::kWavFormatPcm;
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ TEST(WavHeaderTest, ReadWavHeader) {
                             &format, &bytes_per_sample, &num_samples));
 }
 
-// Try writing a WAV header and make sure it looks OK.
+// Try writing and reading a valid WAV header and make sure it looks OK.
 TEST(WavHeaderTest, WriteAndReadWavHeader) {
   static const int kSize = 4 + webrtc::kWavHeaderSize + 4;
   uint8_t buf[kSize];
   memset(buf, 0xa4, sizeof(buf));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(webrtc::WriteWavHeader(
-      buf + 4, 17, 12345, webrtc::kWavFormatALaw, 1, 123457689));
+  webrtc::WriteWavHeader(
+      buf + 4, 17, 12345, webrtc::kWavFormatALaw, 1, 123457689);
   static const uint8_t kExpectedBuf[] = {
     0xa4, 0xa4, 0xa4, 0xa4,  // untouched bytes before header
     'R', 'I', 'F', 'F',