diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
index 5c71a643fc2ccb06dc0d626a8155d3d76cdc7287..0d4f2c72cc7bb9c96c0b3d5b2bbdff1565d56748 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ void vp9_first_pass(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
   TWO_PASS *twopass = &cpi->twopass;
   const MV zero_mv = {0, 0};
   const YV12_BUFFER_CONFIG *first_ref_buf = lst_yv12;
+  FIRSTPASS_STATS fps;
 
   vp9_clear_system_state();
 
@@ -728,8 +729,6 @@ void vp9_first_pass(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
 
   vp9_clear_system_state();
   {
-    FIRSTPASS_STATS fps;
-
     fps.frame = cm->current_video_frame;
     fps.spatial_layer_id = cpi->svc.spatial_layer_id;
     fps.intra_error = (double)(intra_error >> 8);
@@ -768,8 +767,7 @@ void vp9_first_pass(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
     fps.duration = (double)(cpi->source->ts_end - cpi->source->ts_start);
 
     // Don't want to do output stats with a stack variable!
-    twopass->this_frame_stats = fps;
-    output_stats(&twopass->this_frame_stats, cpi->output_pkt_list);
+    output_stats(&fps, cpi->output_pkt_list);
     accumulate_stats(&twopass->total_stats, &fps);
   }
 
@@ -777,9 +775,9 @@ void vp9_first_pass(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
   // the prediction is good enough... but also don't allow it to lag too far.
   if ((twopass->sr_update_lag > 3) ||
       ((cm->current_video_frame > 0) &&
-       (twopass->this_frame_stats.pcnt_inter > 0.20) &&
-       ((twopass->this_frame_stats.intra_error /
-         DOUBLE_DIVIDE_CHECK(twopass->this_frame_stats.coded_error)) > 2.0))) {
+       (fps.pcnt_inter > 0.20) &&
+       ((fps.intra_error /
+         DOUBLE_DIVIDE_CHECK(fps.coded_error)) > 2.0))) {
     if (gld_yv12 != NULL) {
       vp8_yv12_copy_frame(lst_yv12, gld_yv12);
     }
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.h b/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.h
index 309638c1e47156f9c3f462f500cec39fcdf65e7b..c89cfaf8db8f6882e7e061821542d922ff2d4b1e 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.h
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ typedef struct {
   unsigned int section_intra_rating;
   unsigned int next_iiratio;
   FIRSTPASS_STATS total_stats;
-  FIRSTPASS_STATS this_frame_stats;
   const FIRSTPASS_STATS *stats_in;
   const FIRSTPASS_STATS *stats_in_start;
   const FIRSTPASS_STATS *stats_in_end;