diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c
index ed6af665e43ab8896fa59b50f4f87c5c765b3206..0b3f6d24e5816409ebdf94e551fd4d44244bcdf0 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c
@@ -187,11 +187,9 @@ static void counts_to_context(nmv_component_counts *mvcomp, int usehp) {
   }
 }
 
-void vp9_inc_mv(const MV *mv, const MV *ref, nmv_context_counts *mvctx,
-                       int usehp) {
+void vp9_inc_mv(const MV *mv,  nmv_context_counts *mvctx) {
   const MV_JOINT_TYPE j = vp9_get_mv_joint(mv);
   mvctx->joints[j]++;
-  usehp = usehp && vp9_use_mv_hp(ref);
   if (mv_joint_vertical(j))
     inc_mv_component_count(mv->row, &mvctx->comps[0], 1);
 
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.h b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.h
index 0df92d0310c44ea8bf0307ca6b5b9e75685f6563..7308d55f059a9e3d6dea92a3fbde3226d8ac75d7 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.h
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.h
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ typedef struct {
   nmv_component_counts comps[2];
 } nmv_context_counts;
 
-void vp9_inc_mv(const MV *mv, const MV *ref, nmv_context_counts *mvctx,
-                int usehp);
+void vp9_inc_mv(const MV *mv, nmv_context_counts *mvctx);
 
 void vp9_counts_process(nmv_context_counts *NMVcount, int usehp);
 
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c
index 6ee9a51a51862086a769a1d4b5591734667c15e7..01e0d8d771c2bea1d1005bc713b4294de04b9bec 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static INLINE void read_mv(vp9_reader *r, MV *mv, const MV *ref,
   if (mv_joint_horizontal(j))
     diff.col = read_mv_component(r, &ctx->comps[1], usehp);
 
-  vp9_inc_mv(&diff, ref, counts, usehp);
+  vp9_inc_mv(&diff, counts);
 
   mv->row = ref->row + diff.row;
   mv->col = ref->col + diff.col;
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodemv.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodemv.c
index 84a9cd6887d33258256e4939edbf74f4e7dbfb2e..6dde4f5c1cc908ed1c63ef0a5e981cac74c0ea6d 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodemv.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodemv.c
@@ -581,44 +581,41 @@ void vp9_build_nmv_cost_table(int *mvjoint,
 
 void vp9_update_nmv_count(VP9_COMP *cpi, MACROBLOCK *x,
                          int_mv *best_ref_mv, int_mv *second_best_ref_mv) {
-  MB_MODE_INFO * mbmi = &x->e_mbd.mode_info_context->mbmi;
-  MV mv;
-  int bwl = b_width_log2(mbmi->sb_type), bw = 1 << bwl;
-  int bhl = b_height_log2(mbmi->sb_type), bh = 1 << bhl;
+  MB_MODE_INFO *mbmi = &x->e_mbd.mode_info_context->mbmi;
+  MV diff;
+  const int bw = 1 << b_width_log2(mbmi->sb_type);
+  const int bh = 1 << b_height_log2(mbmi->sb_type);
   int idx, idy;
 
   if (mbmi->sb_type < BLOCK_SIZE_SB8X8) {
-    int i;
     PARTITION_INFO *pi = x->partition_info;
     for (idy = 0; idy < 2; idy += bh) {
       for (idx = 0; idx < 2; idx += bw) {
-        i = idy * 2 + idx;
+        const int i = idy * 2 + idx;
         if (pi->bmi[i].mode == NEWMV) {
-          mv.row = (pi->bmi[i].mv.as_mv.row - best_ref_mv->as_mv.row);
-          mv.col = (pi->bmi[i].mv.as_mv.col - best_ref_mv->as_mv.col);
-          vp9_inc_mv(&mv, &best_ref_mv->as_mv, &cpi->NMVcount,
-                     x->e_mbd.allow_high_precision_mv);
+          diff.row = pi->bmi[i].mv.as_mv.row - best_ref_mv->as_mv.row;
+          diff.col = pi->bmi[i].mv.as_mv.col - best_ref_mv->as_mv.col;
+          vp9_inc_mv(&diff, &cpi->NMVcount);
+
           if (x->e_mbd.mode_info_context->mbmi.ref_frame[1] > INTRA_FRAME) {
-            mv.row = pi->bmi[i].second_mv.as_mv.row -
+            diff.row = pi->bmi[i].second_mv.as_mv.row -
                          second_best_ref_mv->as_mv.row;
-            mv.col = pi->bmi[i].second_mv.as_mv.col -
+            diff.col = pi->bmi[i].second_mv.as_mv.col -
                          second_best_ref_mv->as_mv.col;
-            vp9_inc_mv(&mv, &second_best_ref_mv->as_mv, &cpi->NMVcount,
-                       x->e_mbd.allow_high_precision_mv);
+            vp9_inc_mv(&diff, &cpi->NMVcount);
           }
         }
       }
     }
   } else if (mbmi->mode == NEWMV) {
-    mv.row = mbmi->mv[0].as_mv.row - best_ref_mv->as_mv.row;
-    mv.col = mbmi->mv[0].as_mv.col - best_ref_mv->as_mv.col;
-    vp9_inc_mv(&mv, &best_ref_mv->as_mv, &cpi->NMVcount,
-                      x->e_mbd.allow_high_precision_mv);
+    diff.row = mbmi->mv[0].as_mv.row - best_ref_mv->as_mv.row;
+    diff.col = mbmi->mv[0].as_mv.col - best_ref_mv->as_mv.col;
+    vp9_inc_mv(&diff, &cpi->NMVcount);
+
     if (mbmi->ref_frame[1] > INTRA_FRAME) {
-      mv.row = mbmi->mv[1].as_mv.row - second_best_ref_mv->as_mv.row;
-      mv.col = mbmi->mv[1].as_mv.col - second_best_ref_mv->as_mv.col;
-      vp9_inc_mv(&mv, &second_best_ref_mv->as_mv, &cpi->NMVcount,
-                 x->e_mbd.allow_high_precision_mv);
+      diff.row = mbmi->mv[1].as_mv.row - second_best_ref_mv->as_mv.row;
+      diff.col = mbmi->mv[1].as_mv.col - second_best_ref_mv->as_mv.col;
+      vp9_inc_mv(&diff, &cpi->NMVcount);
     }
   }
 }