diff --git a/webrtc/modules/video_coding/main/source/receiver.cc b/webrtc/modules/video_coding/main/source/receiver.cc
index 05ac4b35e..058cd823b 100644
--- a/webrtc/modules/video_coding/main/source/receiver.cc
+++ b/webrtc/modules/video_coding/main/source/receiver.cc
@@ -156,11 +156,12 @@ VCMEncodedFrame* VCMReceiver::FrameForDecoding(
   // Assume that render timing errors are due to changes in the video stream.
   if (next_render_time_ms < 0) {
     timing_error = true;
-  } else if (next_render_time_ms < now_ms - max_video_delay_ms_) {
+  } else if (abs(next_render_time_ms - now_ms) > max_video_delay_ms_) {
     WEBRTC_TRACE(webrtc::kTraceWarning, webrtc::kTraceVideoCoding,
                  VCMId(vcm_id_, receiver_id_),
-                 "This frame should have been rendered more than %u ms ago."
-                 "Flushing jitter buffer and resetting timing.",
+                 "This frame is out of our delay bounds, resetting jitter "
+                 "buffer: %d > %d",
+                 static_cast<int>(abs(next_render_time_ms - now_ms)),
                  max_video_delay_ms_);
     timing_error = true;
   } else if (static_cast<int>(timing_->TargetVideoDelay()) >