diff --git a/src/video_engine/include/vie_rtp_rtcp.h b/src/video_engine/include/vie_rtp_rtcp.h
index bf73bda..298031d 100644
--- a/src/video_engine/include/vie_rtp_rtcp.h
+++ b/src/video_engine/include/vie_rtp_rtcp.h
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@
   // Enables and disables REMB packets for this channel. |sender| indicates
   // this channel is encoding, |receiver| tells the bitrate estimate for
   // this channel should be included in the REMB packet.
-  virtual bool SetRembStatus(int video_channel,
-                             bool sender,
-                             bool receiver) = 0;
+  virtual int SetRembStatus(int video_channel,
+                            bool sender,
+                            bool receiver) = 0;
 
   // The function gets statistics from the received RTCP report.
   virtual int GetReceivedRTCPStatistics(
diff --git a/src/video_engine/test/auto_test/source/vie_autotest_custom_call.cc b/src/video_engine/test/auto_test/source/vie_autotest_custom_call.cc
index d0069a4..2005700 100644
--- a/src/video_engine/test/auto_test/source/vie_autotest_custom_call.cc
+++ b/src/video_engine/test/auto_test/source/vie_autotest_custom_call.cc
@@ -437,8 +437,8 @@
                                          __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
 
     if (remb) {
-      bool ret = ptrViERtpRtcp->SetRembStatus(videoChannel, true, true);
-      numberOfErrors += ViETest::TestError(ret, "ERROR: %s at line %d",
+      error = ptrViERtpRtcp->SetRembStatus(videoChannel, true, true);
+      numberOfErrors += ViETest::TestError(error == 0, "ERROR: %s at line %d",
                                            __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
     } else  {
       error = ptrViERtpRtcp->SetTMMBRStatus(videoChannel, true);
diff --git a/src/video_engine/vie_rtp_rtcp_impl.cc b/src/video_engine/vie_rtp_rtcp_impl.cc
index ebfa200..3304692 100644
--- a/src/video_engine/vie_rtp_rtcp_impl.cc
+++ b/src/video_engine/vie_rtp_rtcp_impl.cc
@@ -561,12 +561,15 @@
   return 0;
 }
 
-bool ViERTP_RTCPImpl::SetRembStatus(int video_channel, bool sender,
+int ViERTP_RTCPImpl::SetRembStatus(int video_channel, bool sender,
                                    bool receiver) {
   WEBRTC_TRACE(kTraceApiCall, kTraceVideo, ViEId(instance_id_, video_channel),
                "ViERTP_RTCPImpl::SetRembStatus(%d, %d, %d)", video_channel,
                sender, receiver);
-  return channel_manager_.SetRembStatus(video_channel, sender, receiver);
+  if (!channel_manager_.SetRembStatus(video_channel, sender, receiver)) {
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return 0;
 }
 
 int ViERTP_RTCPImpl::GetReceivedRTCPStatistics(const int video_channel,
diff --git a/src/video_engine/vie_rtp_rtcp_impl.h b/src/video_engine/vie_rtp_rtcp_impl.h
index f074b48..fa71c42 100644
--- a/src/video_engine/vie_rtp_rtcp_impl.h
+++ b/src/video_engine/vie_rtp_rtcp_impl.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   virtual int SetKeyFrameRequestMethod(const int video_channel,
                                        const ViEKeyFrameRequestMethod method);
   virtual int SetTMMBRStatus(const int video_channel, const bool enable);
-  virtual bool SetRembStatus(int video_channel, bool sender, bool receiver);
+  virtual int SetRembStatus(int video_channel, bool sender, bool receiver);
   virtual int GetReceivedRTCPStatistics(const int video_channel,
                                         unsigned short& fraction_lost,
                                         unsigned int& cumulative_lost,