diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.c b/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.c
index 81fbf1f2664ee7ef03cf809da44d7a54cedb8328..e89683150de5026ab8793dcd214e248ce4abb5d2 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.c
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.c
@@ -392,11 +392,6 @@ void vp9_set_pred_flag_seg_id(MACROBLOCKD *xd, uint8_t pred_flag) {
   xd->this_mi->mbmi.seg_id_predicted = pred_flag;
 }
 
-void vp9_set_pred_flag_mbskip(MACROBLOCKD *xd, BLOCK_SIZE bsize,
-                              uint8_t pred_flag) {
-  xd->this_mi->mbmi.skip_coeff = pred_flag;
-}
-
 int vp9_get_segment_id(VP9_COMMON *cm, const uint8_t *segment_ids,
                        BLOCK_SIZE bsize, int mi_row, int mi_col) {
   const int mi_offset = mi_row * cm->mi_cols + mi_col;
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.h b/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.h
index 3ec9f3416daa843f8d2c031a5cd32710dc08841c..9230c4531d332310333b02d3da1b4d8904a7899c 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.h
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.h
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ static INLINE unsigned char vp9_get_pred_flag_mbskip(const MACROBLOCKD *xd) {
   return xd->this_mi->mbmi.skip_coeff;
 }
 
-void vp9_set_pred_flag_mbskip(MACROBLOCKD *xd, BLOCK_SIZE bsize,
-                              uint8_t pred_flag);
-
 unsigned char vp9_get_pred_context_switchable_interp(const MACROBLOCKD *xd);
 
 unsigned char vp9_get_pred_context_intra_inter(const MACROBLOCKD *xd);
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c
index 77fec5061ffa7e2e55bb88e13b73b4a018ea74b0..fa56859dc3be3abbe00b4167d12ea8f1536ec94d 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ static void decode_modes_b(VP9D_COMP *pbi, int mi_row, int mi_col,
   MACROBLOCKD *const xd = &pbi->mb;
   const int less8x8 = bsize < BLOCK_8X8;
   MB_MODE_INFO *mbmi;
+  int eobtotal;
 
   if (less8x8)
     if (xd->ab_index > 0)
@@ -232,14 +233,20 @@ static void decode_modes_b(VP9D_COMP *pbi, int mi_row, int mi_col,
 
   // Has to be called after set_offsets
   mbmi = &xd->this_mi->mbmi;
+  eobtotal = decode_tokens(pbi, bsize, r);
 
   if (!is_inter_block(mbmi)) {
     // Intra reconstruction
-    decode_tokens(pbi, bsize, r);
     foreach_transformed_block(xd, bsize, decode_block_intra, xd);
   } else {
     // Inter reconstruction
-    int eobtotal;
+    const int decode_blocks = (eobtotal > 0);
+
+    if (!less8x8) {
+      assert(mbmi->sb_type == bsize);
+      if (eobtotal == 0)
+        mbmi->skip_coeff = 1; // skip loopfilter
+    }
 
     set_ref(pbi, 0, mi_row, mi_col);
     if (has_second_ref(mbmi))
@@ -247,18 +254,9 @@ static void decode_modes_b(VP9D_COMP *pbi, int mi_row, int mi_col,
 
     vp9_setup_interp_filters(xd, mbmi->interp_filter, cm);
     vp9_build_inter_predictors_sb(xd, mi_row, mi_col, bsize);
-    eobtotal = decode_tokens(pbi, bsize, r);
-    if (less8x8) {
-      if (eobtotal >= 0)
-        foreach_transformed_block(xd, bsize, decode_block, xd);
-    } else {
-      assert(mbmi->sb_type == bsize);
-      if (eobtotal == 0)
-        // skip loopfilter
-        vp9_set_pred_flag_mbskip(xd, bsize, 1);
-      else if (eobtotal > 0)
-        foreach_transformed_block(xd, bsize, decode_block, xd);
-    }
+
+    if (decode_blocks)
+      foreach_transformed_block(xd, bsize, decode_block, xd);
   }
   xd->corrupted |= vp9_reader_has_error(r);
 }