diff --git a/.changes/key-provider-discard-frame-option b/.changes/key-provider-discard-frame-option
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5777b429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/key-provider-discard-frame-option
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+patch type="fixed" "BaseKeyProvider.create now honors the discardFrameWhenCryptorNotReady option instead of always using the default"
diff --git a/lib/src/e2ee/key_provider.dart b/lib/src/e2ee/key_provider.dart
index f2fcdd3ca..ff381950d 100644
--- a/lib/src/e2ee/key_provider.dart
+++ b/lib/src/e2ee/key_provider.dart
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class BaseKeyProvider implements KeyProvider {
         uncryptedMagicBytes: Uint8List.fromList((uncryptedMagicBytes ?? defaultMagicBytes).codeUnits),
         failureTolerance: failureTolerance ?? defaultFailureTolerance,
         keyRingSize: keyRingSize ?? defaultKeyRingSize,
-        discardFrameWhenCryptorNotReady: defaultDiscardFrameWhenCryptorNotReady);
+        discardFrameWhenCryptorNotReady: discardFrameWhenCryptorNotReady ?? defaultDiscardFrameWhenCryptorNotReady);
     final keyProvider = await rtc.frameCryptorFactory.createDefaultKeyProvider(options);
     return BaseKeyProvider(keyProvider, options);
   }