diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
index b827daa3a4..42a7ac2b16 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
 
             if (audioBitrate.HasValue && !EncodingHelper.LosslessAudioCodecs.Contains(state.ActualOutputAudioCodec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                var vbrParam = _encodingHelper.GetAudioVbrModeParam(state.OutputAudioCodec, audioBitrate.Value / (audioChannels ?? 2));
+                var vbrParam = _encodingHelper.GetAudioVbrModeParam(audioCodec, audioBitrate.Value / (audioChannels ?? 2));
                 if (_encodingOptions.EnableAudioVbr && vbrParam is not null)
                 {
                     audioTranscodeParams += vbrParam;
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         var bitrate = state.OutputAudioBitrate;
         if (bitrate.HasValue && !EncodingHelper.LosslessAudioCodecs.Contains(actualOutputAudioCodec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
-            var vbrParam = _encodingHelper.GetAudioVbrModeParam(actualOutputAudioCodec, bitrate.Value / (channels ?? 2));
+            var vbrParam = _encodingHelper.GetAudioVbrModeParam(audioCodec, bitrate.Value / (channels ?? 2));
             if (_encodingOptions.EnableAudioVbr && vbrParam is not null)
             {
                 args += vbrParam;
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index 960b0b7cdf..f7ee3c1732 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -6015,7 +6015,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
             if (bitrate.HasValue && !LosslessAudioCodecs.Contains(outputCodec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                var vbrParam = GetAudioVbrModeParam(outputCodec, bitrate.Value / (channels ?? 2));
+                var vbrParam = GetAudioVbrModeParam(GetAudioEncoder(state), bitrate.Value / (channels ?? 2));
                 if (encodingOptions.EnableAudioVbr && vbrParam is not null)
                 {
                     audioTranscodeParams.Add(vbrParam);