diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/EncoderUtil.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/EncoderUtil.java
index 3a6c9bc63d..970644433a 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/EncoderUtil.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/EncoderUtil.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package androidx.media3.transformer;
 
+import static java.lang.Math.max;
 import static java.lang.Math.round;
 
 import android.media.MediaCodec;
@@ -127,12 +128,13 @@ public final class EncoderUtil {
     MediaCodecInfo.CodecProfileLevel[] profileLevels =
         encoderInfo.getCapabilitiesForType(mimeType).profileLevels;
 
+    int maxSupportedLevel = LEVEL_UNSET;
     for (MediaCodecInfo.CodecProfileLevel profileLevel : profileLevels) {
       if (profileLevel.profile == profile) {
-        return profileLevel.level;
+        maxSupportedLevel = max(maxSupportedLevel, profileLevel.level);
       }
     }
-    return LEVEL_UNSET;
+    return maxSupportedLevel;
   }
 
   /**