diff --git a/examples/svc_encoder_rtc.c b/examples/svc_encoder_rtc.c
index 9fa2c7d..5b0b334 100644
--- a/examples/svc_encoder_rtc.c
+++ b/examples/svc_encoder_rtc.c
@@ -1568,7 +1568,6 @@
 
       got_data = 0;
       while ((pkt = aom_codec_get_cx_data(&codec, &iter))) {
-        got_data = 1;
         switch (pkt->kind) {
           case AOM_CODEC_CX_FRAME_PKT:
             for (unsigned int sl = layer_id.spatial_layer_id;
@@ -1587,6 +1586,7 @@
                   rc.layer_encoding_bitrate[j] += 8.0 * pkt->data.frame.sz;
               }
             }
+            got_data = 1;
             // Write everything into the top layer.
             if (app_input.output_obu) {
               fwrite(pkt->data.frame.buf, 1, pkt->data.frame.sz,
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@
         }
       }
 #if CONFIG_AV1_DECODER
-      if (app_input.decode) {
+      if (got_data && app_input.decode) {
         // Don't look for mismatch on top spatial and top temporal layers as
         // they are non reference frames.
         if ((ss_number_layers > 1 || ts_number_layers > 1) &&
diff --git a/test/svc_encoder_rtc.sh b/test/svc_encoder_rtc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..233922b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/svc_encoder_rtc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+## Copyright (c) 2023, Alliance for Open Media. All rights reserved
+##
+## This source code is subject to the terms of the BSD 2 Clause License and
+## the Alliance for Open Media Patent License 1.0. If the BSD 2 Clause License
+## was not distributed with this source code in the LICENSE file, you can
+## obtain it at www.aomedia.org/license/software. If the Alliance for Open
+## Media Patent License 1.0 was not distributed with this source code in the
+## PATENTS file, you can obtain it at www.aomedia.org/license/patent.
+##
+
+. $(dirname $0)/tools_common.sh
+
+# Environment check: $YUV_RAW_INPUT is required.
+svc_encoder_verify_environment() {
+  if [ ! -e "${YUV_RAW_INPUT}" ]; then
+    echo "Libaom test data must exist in LIBAOM_TEST_DATA_PATH."
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+common_flags="-k 10000"
+common_flags="${common_flags} --max-q=63"
+common_flags="${common_flags} --error-resilient=0"
+
+# Runs svc_encoder_rtc using with 1 spatial layer 3 temporal layers.
+svc_encoder_s1_t3() {
+  local encoder="${LIBAOM_BIN_PATH}/svc_encoder_rtc${AOM_TEST_EXE_SUFFIX}"
+  local output_file="${AOM_TEST_OUTPUT_DIR}/svc_encoder_rtc"
+
+  if [ ! -x "${encoder}" ]; then
+    elog "${encoder} does not exist or is not executable."
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  eval "${AOM_TEST_PREFIX}" "${encoder}" "${common_flags}" \
+      "--width=${YUV_RAW_INPUT_WIDTH}" \
+      "--height=${YUV_RAW_INPUT_HEIGHT}" \
+      "-lm 2" \
+      "--speed=8" \
+      "--target-bitrate=400" \
+      "--bitrates=220,300,400" \
+      "--spatial-layers=1" \
+      "--temporal-layers=3" \
+      "--timebase=1/30" \
+      "${YUV_RAW_INPUT}" \
+      "-o ${output_file}" \
+      ${devnull} || return 1
+
+  [ -e "${output_file}" ] || return 1
+}
+
+if [ "$(av1_encode_available)" = "yes" ]; then
+  svc_encoder_rtc_tests="svc_encoder_s1_t3"
+  run_tests svc_encoder_verify_environment "${svc_encoder_rtc_tests}"
+fi