diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_bitstream.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_bitstream.c
index e8ec61eeae2e4fe8bf5325b96aebeac9d5ba63d3..a0fced57601ca16f78547694767b373e22a20411 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_bitstream.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_bitstream.c
@@ -1391,8 +1391,7 @@ static size_t write_compressed_header(VP9_COMP *cpi, uint8_t *data) {
 
     for (i = 0; i < PARTITION_CONTEXTS; ++i)
       prob_diff_update(vp9_partition_tree, fc->partition_prob[i],
-                       (unsigned int *)cpi->partition_count[i], PARTITION_TYPES,
-                       &header_bc);
+                       cm->counts.partition[i], PARTITION_TYPES, &header_bc);
 
     vp9_write_nmv_probs(cpi, cm->allow_high_precision_mv, &header_bc);
   }
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
index 2a85deec8bf04010305760df8ebb3d6a99c37c3c..33839370a10cf55cc9266d480192a21414fc0d29 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
@@ -850,18 +850,18 @@ static void encode_sb(VP9_COMP *cpi, const TileInfo *const tile,
   switch (partition) {
     case PARTITION_NONE:
       if (output_enabled && bsize >= BLOCK_8X8)
-        cpi->partition_count[pl][PARTITION_NONE]++;
+        cm->counts.partition[pl][PARTITION_NONE]++;
       encode_b(cpi, tile, tp, mi_row, mi_col, output_enabled, c1, -1);
       break;
     case PARTITION_VERT:
       if (output_enabled)
-        cpi->partition_count[pl][PARTITION_VERT]++;
+        cm->counts.partition[pl][PARTITION_VERT]++;
       encode_b(cpi, tile, tp, mi_row, mi_col, output_enabled, c1, 0);
       encode_b(cpi, tile, tp, mi_row, mi_col + bs, output_enabled, c1, 1);
       break;
     case PARTITION_HORZ:
       if (output_enabled)
-        cpi->partition_count[pl][PARTITION_HORZ]++;
+        cm->counts.partition[pl][PARTITION_HORZ]++;
       encode_b(cpi, tile, tp, mi_row, mi_col, output_enabled, c1, 0);
       encode_b(cpi, tile, tp, mi_row + bs, mi_col, output_enabled, c1, 1);
       break;
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ static void encode_sb(VP9_COMP *cpi, const TileInfo *const tile,
       subsize = get_subsize(bsize, PARTITION_SPLIT);
 
       if (output_enabled)
-        cpi->partition_count[pl][PARTITION_SPLIT]++;
+        cm->counts.partition[pl][PARTITION_SPLIT]++;
 
       for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
         const int x_idx = i & 1, y_idx = i >> 1;
@@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ static void init_encode_frame_mb_context(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
   vp9_zero(cpi->y_mode_count);
   vp9_zero(cpi->y_uv_mode_count);
   vp9_zero(cm->counts.inter_mode);
-  vp9_zero(cpi->partition_count);
+  vp9_zero(cm->counts.partition);
   vp9_zero(cpi->intra_inter_count);
   vp9_zero(cpi->comp_inter_count);
   vp9_zero(cpi->single_ref_count);
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
index 585f799df48a5c1f0812f8cb70bf368e13123977..b1fa6865ec9a741641d103a11a77ec59181318ed 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
@@ -3053,7 +3053,6 @@ static void encode_frame_to_data_rate(VP9_COMP *cpi,
 
     vp9_copy(counts->y_mode, cpi->y_mode_count);
     vp9_copy(counts->uv_mode, cpi->y_uv_mode_count);
-    vp9_copy(counts->partition, cpi->partition_count);
     vp9_copy(counts->intra_inter, cpi->intra_inter_count);
     vp9_copy(counts->comp_inter, cpi->comp_inter_count);
     vp9_copy(counts->single_ref, cpi->single_ref_count);
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
index 8fa63854e22964dd78fb1c7c8b918978a58cba93..54af756336d903e3736fcdd621efe50075b3411b 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@ typedef struct VP9_COMP {
 
   int y_mode_count[4][INTRA_MODES];
   int y_uv_mode_count[INTRA_MODES][INTRA_MODES];
-  unsigned int partition_count[PARTITION_CONTEXTS][PARTITION_TYPES];
 
   nmv_context_counts NMVcount;