diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.c b/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.c
index a367f0b5d4a2fe70dd29c58608fc70c3bb91e922..793117daa0688f0dd34243f59cbcb24f23fdec5b 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.c
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.c
@@ -60,13 +60,11 @@ unsigned char vp9_get_pred_context_switchable_interp(const MACROBLOCKD *xd) {
     return SWITCHABLE_FILTERS;
 }
 // Returns a context number for the given MB prediction signal
-unsigned char vp9_get_pred_context_intra_inter(const MACROBLOCKD *xd) {
-  const MODE_INFO *const above_mi = get_above_mi(xd);
-  const MODE_INFO *const left_mi = get_left_mi(xd);
-  const MB_MODE_INFO *const above_mbmi = get_above_mbmi(above_mi);
-  const MB_MODE_INFO *const left_mbmi = get_left_mbmi(left_mi);
-  const int above_in_image = above_mi != NULL;
-  const int left_in_image = left_mi != NULL;
+int vp9_get_intra_inter_context(const MACROBLOCKD *xd) {
+  const MB_MODE_INFO *const above_mbmi = get_above_mbmi(get_above_mi(xd));
+  const MB_MODE_INFO *const left_mbmi = get_left_mbmi(get_left_mi(xd));
+  const int above_in_image = above_mbmi != NULL;
+  const int left_in_image = left_mbmi != NULL;
   const int above_intra = above_in_image ? !is_inter_block(above_mbmi) : 1;
   const int left_intra = left_in_image ? !is_inter_block(left_mbmi) : 1;
 
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.h b/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.h
index b6f18e323f29e76447b7ccfb26c90dfbbc82f546..bd0b8d66202d26694d5255226170f6e13a888d4c 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.h
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.h
@@ -61,12 +61,11 @@ static INLINE unsigned char vp9_get_pred_flag_mbskip(const MACROBLOCKD *xd) {
 
 unsigned char vp9_get_pred_context_switchable_interp(const MACROBLOCKD *xd);
 
-unsigned char vp9_get_pred_context_intra_inter(const MACROBLOCKD *xd);
+int vp9_get_intra_inter_context(const MACROBLOCKD *xd);
 
-static INLINE vp9_prob vp9_get_pred_prob_intra_inter(const VP9_COMMON *cm,
-                                                     const MACROBLOCKD *xd) {
-  const int pred_context = vp9_get_pred_context_intra_inter(xd);
-  return cm->fc.intra_inter_prob[pred_context];
+static INLINE vp9_prob vp9_get_intra_inter_prob(const VP9_COMMON *cm,
+                                                const MACROBLOCKD *xd) {
+  return cm->fc.intra_inter_prob[vp9_get_intra_inter_context(xd)];
 }
 
 unsigned char vp9_get_pred_context_comp_inter_inter(const VP9_COMMON *cm,
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c
index 327a9166ccad54c53a386baf99b6543f05865210..7858e16c890fee7eaff4bfe560c60f23caad4f0f 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c
@@ -408,8 +408,8 @@ static int read_is_inter_block(VP9_COMMON *const cm, MACROBLOCKD *const xd,
     return vp9_get_segdata(&cm->seg, segment_id, SEG_LVL_REF_FRAME) !=
            INTRA_FRAME;
   } else {
-    const int ctx = vp9_get_pred_context_intra_inter(xd);
-    const int is_inter = vp9_read(r, vp9_get_pred_prob_intra_inter(cm, xd));
+    const int ctx = vp9_get_intra_inter_context(xd);
+    const int is_inter = vp9_read(r, cm->fc.intra_inter_prob[ctx]);
     if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
       ++cm->counts.intra_inter[ctx][is_inter];
     return is_inter;
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_bitstream.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_bitstream.c
index 97717fb9c6ff945a4136aa3f5082be1a0ae94cb1..5a355c97aca0351d403a7833bad731bc76600ef3 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_bitstream.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_bitstream.c
@@ -292,8 +292,7 @@ static void pack_inter_mode_mvs(VP9_COMP *cpi, MODE_INFO *m, vp9_writer *bc) {
   skip_coeff = write_skip_coeff(cpi, segment_id, m, bc);
 
   if (!vp9_segfeature_active(seg, segment_id, SEG_LVL_REF_FRAME))
-    vp9_write(bc, rf != INTRA_FRAME,
-              vp9_get_pred_prob_intra_inter(cm, xd));
+    vp9_write(bc, rf != INTRA_FRAME, vp9_get_intra_inter_prob(cm, xd));
 
   if (bsize >= BLOCK_8X8 && cm->tx_mode == TX_MODE_SELECT &&
       !(rf != INTRA_FRAME &&
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
index bc71d0259f4f0e5d3fc61ee8d718bc2d2d397628..2fa9dcc6e670c130da3e30090f085722cce98a7a 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ static void update_stats(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
                                                      SEG_LVL_REF_FRAME);
 
     if (!seg_ref_active)
-      cpi->intra_inter_count[vp9_get_pred_context_intra_inter(xd)]
+      cpi->intra_inter_count[vp9_get_intra_inter_context(xd)]
                             [is_inter_block(mbmi)]++;
 
     // If the segment reference feature is enabled we have only a single
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c
index 71a3650fef1c143e3308a355941bf5b3d9667132..155e07f5253ae96e5ad2b418ce3d00d0d16fb088 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c
@@ -2145,7 +2145,7 @@ static void estimate_ref_frame_costs(VP9_COMP *cpi, int segment_id,
     vpx_memset(ref_costs_comp,   0, MAX_REF_FRAMES * sizeof(*ref_costs_comp));
     *comp_mode_p = 128;
   } else {
-    vp9_prob intra_inter_p = vp9_get_pred_prob_intra_inter(cm, xd);
+    vp9_prob intra_inter_p = vp9_get_intra_inter_prob(cm, xd);
     vp9_prob comp_inter_p = 128;
 
     if (cm->comp_pred_mode == REFERENCE_MODE_SELECT) {