diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_blockd.h b/vp9/common/vp9_blockd.h
index cff68218c83a827cdda4952007dbb4085bbc6e10..a211b7b0fd9e9bf032cf7532ae3dd3c4f4f8964c 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_blockd.h
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_blockd.h
@@ -362,32 +362,6 @@ static INLINE TX_SIZE get_uv_tx_size(const MB_MODE_INFO *mbmi) {
   return MIN(mbmi->txfm_size, max_uv_txsize_lookup[mbmi->sb_type]);
 }
 
-struct plane_block_idx {
-  int plane;
-  int block;
-};
-
-// TODO(jkoleszar): returning a struct so it can be used in a const context,
-// expect to refactor this further later.
-static INLINE struct plane_block_idx plane_block_idx(int y_blocks,
-                                                     int b_idx) {
-  const int v_offset = y_blocks * 5 / 4;
-  struct plane_block_idx res;
-
-  if (b_idx < y_blocks) {
-    res.plane = 0;
-    res.block = b_idx;
-  } else if (b_idx < v_offset) {
-    res.plane = 1;
-    res.block = b_idx - y_blocks;
-  } else {
-    assert(b_idx < y_blocks * 3 / 2);
-    res.plane = 2;
-    res.block = b_idx - v_offset;
-  }
-  return res;
-}
-
 static BLOCK_SIZE_TYPE get_plane_block_size(BLOCK_SIZE_TYPE bsize,
                            const struct macroblockd_plane *pd) {
   BLOCK_SIZE_TYPE bs = ss_size_lookup[bsize]
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_quantize.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_quantize.c
index 15f34a8ebcb7b8c5edaf9e05f980baaeb430cb95..02c06855231dabf9e934d5802680f1bb7cbb74f4 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_quantize.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_quantize.c
@@ -152,6 +152,32 @@ void vp9_quantize_b_32x32_c(int16_t *coeff_ptr, intptr_t n_coeffs,
   *eob_ptr = eob + 1;
 }
 
+struct plane_block_idx {
+  int plane;
+  int block;
+};
+
+// TODO(jkoleszar): returning a struct so it can be used in a const context,
+// expect to refactor this further later.
+static INLINE struct plane_block_idx plane_block_idx(int y_blocks,
+                                                     int b_idx) {
+  const int v_offset = y_blocks * 5 / 4;
+  struct plane_block_idx res;
+
+  if (b_idx < y_blocks) {
+    res.plane = 0;
+    res.block = b_idx;
+  } else if (b_idx < v_offset) {
+    res.plane = 1;
+    res.block = b_idx - y_blocks;
+  } else {
+    assert(b_idx < y_blocks * 3 / 2);
+    res.plane = 2;
+    res.block = b_idx - v_offset;
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+
 void vp9_regular_quantize_b_4x4(MACROBLOCK *mb, int b_idx, TX_TYPE tx_type,
                                 int y_blocks) {
   MACROBLOCKD *const xd = &mb->e_mbd;