diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
index dc329fd1e4409719bfd0d243ddfc6e0e73a85123..9875343945bd3c839a76bd5dde83dabbc9ac6884 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
@@ -916,9 +916,10 @@ int vp9_twopass_worst_quality(VP9_COMP *cpi, FIRSTPASS_STATS *fpstats,
   if (section_target_bandwitdh <= 0)
     return rc->worst_quality;          // Highest value allowed
 
-  target_norm_bits_per_mb = section_target_bandwitdh < (1 << 20)
-                              ? (512 * section_target_bandwitdh) / num_mbs
-                              : 512 * (section_target_bandwitdh / num_mbs);
+  target_norm_bits_per_mb =
+      section_target_bandwitdh < (1 << 20)
+      ? (section_target_bandwitdh << BPER_MB_NORMBITS) / num_mbs
+      : (section_target_bandwitdh / num_mbs) << BPER_MB_NORMBITS;
 
   // Try and pick a max Q that will be high enough to encode the
   // content at the given rate.
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_ratectrl.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_ratectrl.c
index 2d5b0e49a000acb8415e3ba79f3fdd8f2eefed7f..ef14b43413767b1b071264ef96711ff54debee5b 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_ratectrl.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_ratectrl.c
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
 #define MIN_BPB_FACTOR 0.005
 #define MAX_BPB_FACTOR 50
 
-// Bits Per MB at different Q (Multiplied by 512)
-#define BPER_MB_NORMBITS    9
-
 // Tables relating active max Q to active min Q
 static int kf_low_motion_minq[QINDEX_RANGE];
 static int kf_high_motion_minq[QINDEX_RANGE];
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_ratectrl.h b/vp9/encoder/vp9_ratectrl.h
index c0dffe751df974dfa87e91589925db06293f757d..4b3d2f1e451abc25e88a2c05770c4e43b2e2627e 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_ratectrl.h
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_ratectrl.h
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define FRAME_OVERHEAD_BITS 200
 
+// Bits Per MB at different Q (Multiplied by 512)
+#define BPER_MB_NORMBITS    9
+
 typedef struct {
   // Rate targetting variables
   int this_frame_target;