diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
index c62b52fb5e8cd9bcbf3f835a00f6ab4b7bb01c00..21d7df6c865b9c231d8e9a0825d6440537a612e8 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
@@ -3617,16 +3617,8 @@ static void encode_superblock(VP9_COMP *cpi, TOKENEXTRA **t, int output_enabled,
 
     vp9_build_inter_predictors_sbuv(xd, mi_row, mi_col, MAX(bsize, BLOCK_8X8));
 
-    if (!x->skip) {
-      mbmi->skip = 1;
-      vp9_encode_sb(x, MAX(bsize, BLOCK_8X8));
-      vp9_tokenize_sb(cpi, t, !output_enabled, MAX(bsize, BLOCK_8X8));
-    } else {
-      mbmi->skip = 1;
-      if (output_enabled && !seg_skip)
-        cm->counts.skip[vp9_get_skip_context(xd)][1]++;
-      reset_skip_context(xd, MAX(bsize, BLOCK_8X8));
-    }
+    vp9_encode_sb(x, MAX(bsize, BLOCK_8X8));
+    vp9_tokenize_sb(cpi, t, !output_enabled, MAX(bsize, BLOCK_8X8));
   }
 
   if (output_enabled) {
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodemb.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodemb.c
index 667845072507870139162da827368b6f8db109df..eacfdcc9800aae60c7e9cfb961e30abd233d87d3 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodemb.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodemb.c
@@ -563,6 +563,11 @@ void vp9_encode_sb(MACROBLOCK *x, BLOCK_SIZE bsize) {
   struct encode_b_args arg = {x, &ctx, &mbmi->skip};
   int plane;
 
+  mbmi->skip = 1;
+
+  if (x->skip)
+    return;
+
   for (plane = 0; plane < MAX_MB_PLANE; ++plane) {
     if (!x->skip_recode)
       vp9_subtract_plane(x, bsize, plane);