diff --git a/lib/abr/simple_abr_manager.js b/lib/abr/simple_abr_manager.js
index e13abea12e..1d8bf09f5a 100644
--- a/lib/abr/simple_abr_manager.js
+++ b/lib/abr/simple_abr_manager.js
@@ -219,8 +219,9 @@ shaka.abr.SimpleAbrManager = class {
    * @export
    */
   getBandwidthEstimate() {
+    const defaultBandwidthEstimate = this.getDefaultBandwidth_();
     return this.bandwidthEstimator_.getBandwidthEstimate(
-        this.config_.defaultBandwidthEstimate);
+        defaultBandwidthEstimate);
   }