diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index ff09111634..fa7712a3a3 100755
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ target(link_target_type, "ffmpeg_internal") {
     # On POSIX x86, sanitizers will fail to compiler the H264 CABAC code due to
     # insufficient registers unless we disable EBP usage. crbug.com/786760
     if (target_cpu == "x86") {
-      if (using_sanitizer) {
+      if (using_sanitizer || is_electron_build) {
         defines += [ "HAVE_EBP_AVAILABLE=0" ]
       } else {
         defines += [ "HAVE_EBP_AVAILABLE=1" ]