diff --git a/worker/src/RTC/Codecs/VP8.cpp b/worker/src/RTC/Codecs/VP8.cpp
index 3d5a2139caf..f475138aa01 100644
--- a/worker/src/RTC/Codecs/VP8.cpp
+++ b/worker/src/RTC/Codecs/VP8.cpp
@@ -257,10 +257,7 @@ namespace RTC
 			if (
 				this->payloadDescriptor->hasPictureId &&
 				this->payloadDescriptor->hasTlIndex &&
-				this->payloadDescriptor->hasTl0PictureIndex &&
-				!RTC::SeqManager<uint16_t, 15>::IsSeqLowerThan(
-					this->payloadDescriptor->pictureId,
-					context->pictureIdManager.GetMaxInput())
+				this->payloadDescriptor->hasTl0PictureIndex
 			)
 			// clang-format on
 			{
@@ -325,7 +322,7 @@ namespace RTC
 			// clang-format off
 			if (
 				this->payloadDescriptor->hasTlIndex &&
-				this->payloadDescriptor->tlIndex > context->GetCurrentTemporalLayer()
+				this->payloadDescriptor->tlIndex == context->GetTargetTemporalLayer()
 			)
 			// clang-format on
 			{