diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encoder.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encoder.c
index 1afbcf6cc6a667400ed196cbec6522f8726ab012..4b5e0c94c3c1d7e45ed576b8dd05156c5bc6eb85 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encoder.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encoder.c
@@ -2462,7 +2462,8 @@ int vp9_get_compressed_data(VP9_COMP *cpi, unsigned int *frame_flags,
   MV_REFERENCE_FRAME ref_frame;
   int arf_src_index;
   const int is_spatial_svc = cpi->use_svc &&
-                             (cpi->svc.number_temporal_layers == 1);
+                             (cpi->svc.number_temporal_layers == 1) &&
+                             (cpi->svc.number_spatial_layers > 1);
 
   if (!cpi)
     return -1;