diff --git a/Video.js b/Video.js
index 0b64d4b5a2..a045c923dc 100644
--- a/Video.js
+++ b/Video.js
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export default class Video extends Component {
   _onGetLicense = (event) => {
     if (this.props.drm && this.props.drm.getLicense instanceof Function) {
       const data = event.nativeEvent;
-      if (data && data.spc) {
+      if (data) {
         const getLicenseOverride = this.props.drm.getLicense(data.spc, data.contentId, data.spcBase64, this.props);
         const getLicensePromise = Promise.resolve(getLicenseOverride); // Handles both scenarios, getLicenseOverride being a promise and not.
         getLicensePromise.then((result => {
diff --git a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.m b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.m
index 7a9e0b625b..51d1ed3c9f 100644
--- a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.m
+++ b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.m
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ - (BOOL)loadingRequestHandling:(AVAssetResourceLoadingRequest *)loadingRequest {
                   self->_requestingCertificate = YES;
                   self.onGetLicense(@{@"spc": spcStr,
                                       @"contentId": contentId,
-                                      @"spcBase64": [[[NSData alloc] initWithBase64EncodedData:certificateData options:NSDataBase64DecodingIgnoreUnknownCharacters] base64EncodedStringWithOptions:0],
+                                      @"spcBase64": [spcData base64EncodedStringWithOptions:0],
                                       @"target": self.reactTag});
                 } else if(licenseServer != nil) {
                   NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init];