diff --git a/sdk/objc/components/video_codec/RTCVideoEncoderH264.mm b/sdk/objc/components/video_codec/RTCVideoEncoderH264.mm
index 50dfd21935..7dbbfaf019 100644
--- a/sdk/objc/components/video_codec/RTCVideoEncoderH264.mm
+++ b/sdk/objc/components/video_codec/RTCVideoEncoderH264.mm
@@ -388,8 +388,6 @@ NSUInteger GetMaxSampleRate(const webrtc::H264ProfileLevelId &profile_level_id)
 - (NSInteger)encode:(RTC_OBJC_TYPE(RTCVideoFrame) *)frame
     codecSpecificInfo:(nullable id<RTC_OBJC_TYPE(RTCCodecSpecificInfo)>)codecSpecificInfo
            frameTypes:(NSArray<NSNumber *> *)frameTypes {
-  RTC_DCHECK_EQ(frame.width, _width);
-  RTC_DCHECK_EQ(frame.height, _height);
   if (!_callback || !_compressionSession) {
     return WEBRTC_VIDEO_CODEC_UNINITIALIZED;
   }
@@ -437,6 +435,8 @@ NSUInteger GetMaxSampleRate(const webrtc::H264ProfileLevelId &profile_level_id)
 
   if (!pixelBuffer) {
     // We did not have a native frame buffer
+    RTC_DCHECK_EQ(frame.width, _width);
+    RTC_DCHECK_EQ(frame.height, _height);
     pixelBuffer = CreatePixelBuffer(_pixelBufferPool);
     if (!pixelBuffer) {
       return WEBRTC_VIDEO_CODEC_ERROR;