diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encoder.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encoder.c
index beb21177b01f5ff85e16ccf0aacaa31906a41996..dc572aa9de329d1496db8e6d0a403343b2a89f1c 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encoder.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encoder.c
@@ -2096,7 +2096,7 @@ static void encode_frame_to_data_rate(VP9_COMP *cpi,
   cm->lf.mode_ref_delta_update = 0;
 
   // Initialize cpi->mv_step_param to default based on max resolution.
-  cpi->mv_step_param = vp9_init_search_range(sf, max_mv_def);
+  cpi->mv_step_param = vp9_init_search_range(max_mv_def);
   // Initialize cpi->max_mv_magnitude and cpi->mv_step_param if appropriate.
   if (sf->mv.auto_mv_step_size) {
     if (frame_is_intra_only(cm)) {
@@ -2108,7 +2108,7 @@ static void encode_frame_to_data_rate(VP9_COMP *cpi,
         // Allow mv_steps to correspond to twice the max mv magnitude found
         // in the previous frame, capped by the default max_mv_magnitude based
         // on resolution.
-        cpi->mv_step_param = vp9_init_search_range(sf, MIN(max_mv_def, 2 *
+        cpi->mv_step_param = vp9_init_search_range(MIN(max_mv_def, 2 *
                                  cpi->max_mv_magnitude));
       cpi->max_mv_magnitude = 0;
     }
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_mcomp.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_mcomp.c
index 4a3f895f83bbd66230f5b695898c0d33e62db37f..ae924d59645587a851eef32909c59a1a10c0ca59 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_mcomp.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_mcomp.c
@@ -51,9 +51,8 @@ void vp9_set_mv_search_range(MACROBLOCK *x, const MV *mv) {
     x->mv_row_max = row_max;
 }
 
-int vp9_init_search_range(const SPEED_FEATURES *sf, int size) {
+int vp9_init_search_range(int size) {
   int sr = 0;
-
   // Minimum search size no matter what the passed in value.
   size = MAX(16, size);
 
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_mcomp.h b/vp9/encoder/vp9_mcomp.h
index 366f9af3cc2f8bcc8265fb309e7b78ee1d873d7b..298fbb6c935aff20dba03b64d13e673c8e92a11d 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_mcomp.h
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_mcomp.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int vp9_get_mvpred_av_var(const MACROBLOCK *x,
 struct VP9_COMP;
 struct SPEED_FEATURES;
 
-int vp9_init_search_range(const struct SPEED_FEATURES *sf, int size);
+int vp9_init_search_range(int size);
 
 // Runs sequence of diamond searches in smaller steps for RD
 int vp9_full_pixel_diamond(const struct VP9_COMP *cpi, MACROBLOCK *x,
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c
index 998fb3cf683689b5df789f010b1d05053fe9102f..b597d3b48eb3de7522e55feae950010513bab86a 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ static int64_t rd_pick_best_sub8x8_mode(VP9_COMP *cpi, MACROBLOCK *x,
             // Take wtd average of the step_params based on the last frame's
             // max mv magnitude and the best ref mvs of the current block for
             // the given reference.
-            step_param = (vp9_init_search_range(&cpi->sf, max_mv) +
+            step_param = (vp9_init_search_range(max_mv) +
                               cpi->mv_step_param) / 2;
           } else {
             step_param = cpi->mv_step_param;
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@ static void single_motion_search(VP9_COMP *cpi, MACROBLOCK *x,
     // Take wtd average of the step_params based on the last frame's
     // max mv magnitude and that based on the best ref mvs of the current
     // block for the given reference.
-    step_param = (vp9_init_search_range(&cpi->sf, x->max_mv_context[ref]) +
+    step_param = (vp9_init_search_range(x->max_mv_context[ref]) +
                     cpi->mv_step_param) / 2;
   } else {
     step_param = cpi->mv_step_param;