diff --git a/src/media/media_codec.h b/src/media/media_codec.h
index 46ed7896ea7211bc3ebdfa0fc6deb1ce49b19660..aa5e339d12e8c788b9639df53c6f3ca61cacffdc 100644
--- a/src/media/media_codec.h
+++ b/src/media/media_codec.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct SystemCodecInfo
     static constexpr unsigned DEFAULT_H264_MAX_QUALITY {25};
     static constexpr unsigned DEFAULT_VP8_MIN_QUALITY {50};
     static constexpr unsigned DEFAULT_VP8_MAX_QUALITY {20};
+    static constexpr unsigned DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE {250}; // in Kbits/second
 #endif
 
     // indicates that the codec does not use quality factor
diff --git a/src/media/system_codec_container.cpp b/src/media/system_codec_container.cpp
index 30b52ed5d8adc9c957d5a0562cddad8887b02285..f9bdaa8ed666a3cca11aa99e7e8a766bc8e8b531 100644
--- a/src/media/system_codec_container.cpp
+++ b/src/media/system_codec_container.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ namespace ring {
 
 decltype(getGlobalInstance<SystemCodecContainer>)& getSystemCodecContainer = getGlobalInstance<SystemCodecContainer>;
 
-constexpr static auto DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE = 250; // in Kbits/second
-
 SystemCodecContainer::SystemCodecContainer()
 {
     initCodecConfig();
@@ -51,6 +49,7 @@ SystemCodecContainer::initCodecConfig()
     auto maxH264 = SystemCodecInfo::DEFAULT_H264_MAX_QUALITY;
     auto minVP8 = SystemCodecInfo::DEFAULT_VP8_MIN_QUALITY;
     auto maxVP8 = SystemCodecInfo::DEFAULT_VP8_MAX_QUALITY;
+    auto defaultBitrate = SystemCodecInfo::DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE;
 #endif
     availableCodecList_ = {
 #ifdef RING_VIDEO
@@ -58,26 +57,26 @@ SystemCodecContainer::initCodecConfig()
         std::make_shared<SystemVideoCodecInfo>(AV_CODEC_ID_H264,
                                                "H264", "libx264",
                                                CODEC_ENCODER_DECODER,
-                                               DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE,
+                                               defaultBitrate,
                                                minH264,
                                                maxH264),
 
         std::make_shared<SystemVideoCodecInfo>(AV_CODEC_ID_VP8,
                                                "VP8", "libvpx",
                                                CODEC_ENCODER_DECODER,
-                                               DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE,
+                                               defaultBitrate,
                                                minVP8,
                                                maxVP8),
 
         std::make_shared<SystemVideoCodecInfo>(AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG4,
                                                "MP4V-ES", "mpeg4",
                                                CODEC_ENCODER_DECODER,
-                                               DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE),
+                                               defaultBitrate),
 
         std::make_shared<SystemVideoCodecInfo>(AV_CODEC_ID_H263,
                                                "H263-1998", "h263",
                                                CODEC_ENCODER_DECODER,
-                                               DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE),
+                                               defaultBitrate),
 #endif
         /* Define supported audio codec*/
 
diff --git a/src/media/video/video_rtp_session.cpp b/src/media/video/video_rtp_session.cpp
index bfe5ab3c95b8f6c437bbc284837c116d560e6d01..02abf7bf1f33737e345804dcb6a45278a93db32f 100644
--- a/src/media/video/video_rtp_session.cpp
+++ b/src/media/video/video_rtp_session.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,13 @@ void VideoRtpSession::stop()
     if (socketPair_)
         socketPair_->interrupt();
 
+    // reset default video quality if exist
+    if (videoBitrateInfo_.videoQualityCurrent != SystemCodecInfo::DEFAULT_NO_QUALITY)
+        videoBitrateInfo_.videoQualityCurrent = SystemCodecInfo::DEFAULT_CODEC_QUALITY;
+
+    videoBitrateInfo_.videoBitrateCurrent = SystemCodecInfo::DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE;
+    storeVideoBitrateInfo();
+
     receiveThread_.reset();
     sender_.reset();
     socketPair_.reset();