diff --git a/webrtc/voice_engine/channel.cc b/webrtc/voice_engine/channel.cc
index af773e770..e811a273d 100644
--- a/webrtc/voice_engine/channel.cc
+++ b/webrtc/voice_engine/channel.cc
@@ -4025,12 +4025,8 @@ void Channel::UpdatePlayoutTimestamp(bool rtcp) {
   uint32_t playout_timestamp = 0;
 
   if (audio_coding_->PlayoutTimestamp(&playout_timestamp) == -1)  {
-    WEBRTC_TRACE(kTraceWarning, kTraceVoice, VoEId(_instanceId,_channelId),
-                 "Channel::UpdatePlayoutTimestamp() failed to read playout"
-                 " timestamp from the ACM");
-    _engineStatisticsPtr->SetLastError(
-        VE_CANNOT_RETRIEVE_VALUE, kTraceError,
-        "UpdatePlayoutTimestamp() failed to retrieve timestamp");
+    // This can happen if this channel has not been received any RTP packet. In
+    // this case, NetEq is not capable of computing playout timestamp.
     return;
   }