diff --git a/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp9/svc_rate_allocator.cc b/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp9/svc_rate_allocator.cc
index daa59b1101..551e65522d 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp9/svc_rate_allocator.cc
+++ b/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp9/svc_rate_allocator.cc
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ VideoBitrateAllocation SvcRateAllocator::GetAllocationScreenSharing(
         codec_.spatialLayers[sl_idx].minBitrate * 1000;
     const size_t target_bitrate_bps =
         codec_.spatialLayers[sl_idx].targetBitrate * 1000;
+    RTC_DCHECK_LE(min_bitrate_bps, target_bitrate_bps);
 
     const size_t bitrate_bps = std::min(left_bitrate_bps, target_bitrate_bps);
     if (bitrate_bps >= min_bitrate_bps) {
diff --git a/modules/video_coding/video_codec_initializer.cc b/modules/video_coding/video_codec_initializer.cc
index a2bc27aab4..3316ce1581 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/video_codec_initializer.cc
+++ b/modules/video_coding/video_codec_initializer.cc
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ VideoCodec VideoCodecInitializer::VideoEncoderConfigToVideoCodec(
         if (no_spatial_layering) {
           // Use codec's bitrate limits.
           spatial_layers.back().minBitrate = video_codec.minBitrate;
+          spatial_layers.back().targetBitrate = video_codec.maxBitrate;
           spatial_layers.back().maxBitrate = video_codec.maxBitrate;
         }
 
diff --git a/modules/video_coding/video_codec_initializer_unittest.cc b/modules/video_coding/video_codec_initializer_unittest.cc
index 6734b7e852..0f2d9f19b9 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/video_codec_initializer_unittest.cc
+++ b/modules/video_coding/video_codec_initializer_unittest.cc
@@ -296,6 +296,18 @@ TEST_F(VideoCodecInitializerTest,
             kDefaultMaxBitrateBps / 1000);
 }
 
+TEST_F(VideoCodecInitializerTest,
+       Vp9SingleSpatialLayerTargetBitrateIsEqualToCodecMaxBitrate) {
+  SetUpFor(VideoCodecType::kVideoCodecVP9, 1, 1, true);
+  VideoStream stream = DefaultStream();
+  stream.num_temporal_layers = 1;
+  streams_.push_back(stream);
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(InitializeCodec());
+  EXPECT_EQ(codec_out_.spatialLayers[0].targetBitrate,
+            kDefaultMaxBitrateBps / 1000);
+}
+
 TEST_F(VideoCodecInitializerTest,
        Vp9KeepBitrateLimitsIfNumberOfSpatialLayersIsReducedToOne) {
   // Request 3 spatial layers for 320x180 input. Actual number of layers will be