Methods, apparatus, systems for performing video processing such as video encoding, video decoding, or video transcoding are described. One example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video comprising one or more video layers and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies that responsive to a value of a first field in a sequence parameter set (SPS) that is referred to by a video layer, a second field in a video parameter set referred to by the SPS that is indicative of a maximum number of sublayers allowed in the bitstream is construed to be equal to a third field in the SPS. The third field is indicative of a maximum number of sublayers allowed in the video layer.