diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c
index 6def3c8696275dabd35cb89740b5a5942e4b58f5..25cba7fbe7e9fbc4015dd2a5acc637ab58d2823a 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static int adapt_prob(vp9_prob pre_prob, const unsigned int ct[2]) {
 static void adapt_probs(const vp9_tree_index *tree,
                         const vp9_prob *pre_probs, const unsigned int *counts,
                         vp9_prob *probs) {
-  tree_merge_probs(tree, pre_probs, counts, COUNT_SAT, MAX_UPDATE_FACTOR,
+  vp9_tree_merge_probs(tree, pre_probs, counts, COUNT_SAT, MAX_UPDATE_FACTOR,
                    probs);
 }
 
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c
index 60ae79fdc27a630115e008d6add1f250fffdaf11..e1f5ef7b4aa91d383ca03388dd320d13808d5ded 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ static vp9_prob adapt_prob(vp9_prob prep, const unsigned int ct[2]) {
 
 static void adapt_probs(const vp9_tree_index *tree, const vp9_prob *pre_probs,
                         const unsigned int *counts, vp9_prob *probs) {
-  tree_merge_probs(tree, pre_probs, counts, MV_COUNT_SAT, MV_MAX_UPDATE_FACTOR,
-                   probs);
+  vp9_tree_merge_probs(tree, pre_probs, counts, MV_COUNT_SAT,
+                       MV_MAX_UPDATE_FACTOR, probs);
 }
 
 void vp9_adapt_mv_probs(VP9_COMMON *cm, int allow_hp) {
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_prob.c b/vp9/common/vp9_prob.c
index 884884e0b9fbd7b135007d1b079f6aea7dd2e67a..f9bc06ecf1b782cb593c0fa2df7a80fc26d070c8 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_prob.c
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_prob.c
@@ -28,3 +28,34 @@ DECLARE_ALIGNED(16, const uint8_t, vp9_norm[256]) = {
   0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
   0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
 };
+
+
+static unsigned int tree_merge_probs_impl(unsigned int i,
+                                          const vp9_tree_index *tree,
+                                          const vp9_prob *pre_probs,
+                                          const unsigned int *counts,
+                                          unsigned int count_sat,
+                                          unsigned int max_update,
+                                          vp9_prob *probs) {
+  const int l = tree[i];
+  const unsigned int left_count = (l <= 0)
+                 ? counts[-l]
+                 : tree_merge_probs_impl(l, tree, pre_probs, counts,
+                                         count_sat, max_update, probs);
+  const int r = tree[i + 1];
+  const unsigned int right_count = (r <= 0)
+                 ? counts[-r]
+                 : tree_merge_probs_impl(r, tree, pre_probs, counts,
+                                         count_sat, max_update, probs);
+  const unsigned int ct[2] = { left_count, right_count };
+  probs[i >> 1] = merge_probs(pre_probs[i >> 1], ct,
+                              count_sat, max_update);
+  return left_count + right_count;
+}
+
+void vp9_tree_merge_probs(const vp9_tree_index *tree, const vp9_prob *pre_probs,
+                          const unsigned int *counts, unsigned int count_sat,
+                          unsigned int max_update_factor, vp9_prob *probs) {
+  tree_merge_probs_impl(0, tree, pre_probs, counts, count_sat,
+                        max_update_factor, probs);
+}
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_prob.h b/vp9/common/vp9_prob.h
index cc8d8ab3847986088a36b4b2f90075a740837b01..f361480350516ae29335112295dac88b23a0e097 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_prob.h
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_prob.h
@@ -79,37 +79,10 @@ static INLINE vp9_prob merge_probs(vp9_prob pre_prob,
   return weighted_prob(pre_prob, prob, factor);
 }
 
-static unsigned int tree_merge_probs_impl(unsigned int i,
-                                          const vp9_tree_index *tree,
-                                          const vp9_prob *pre_probs,
-                                          const unsigned int *counts,
-                                          unsigned int count_sat,
-                                          unsigned int max_update_factor,
-                                          vp9_prob *probs) {
-  const int l = tree[i];
-  const unsigned int left_count = (l <= 0)
-                 ? counts[-l]
-                 : tree_merge_probs_impl(l, tree, pre_probs, counts,
-                                         count_sat, max_update_factor, probs);
-  const int r = tree[i + 1];
-  const unsigned int right_count = (r <= 0)
-                 ? counts[-r]
-                 : tree_merge_probs_impl(r, tree, pre_probs, counts,
-                                         count_sat, max_update_factor, probs);
-  const unsigned int ct[2] = { left_count, right_count };
-  probs[i >> 1] = merge_probs(pre_probs[i >> 1], ct,
-                              count_sat, max_update_factor);
-  return left_count + right_count;
-}
+void vp9_tree_merge_probs(const vp9_tree_index *tree, const vp9_prob *pre_probs,
+                          const unsigned int *counts, unsigned int count_sat,
+                          unsigned int max_update_factor, vp9_prob *probs);
 
-static void tree_merge_probs(const vp9_tree_index *tree,
-                             const vp9_prob *pre_probs,
-                             const unsigned int *counts,
-                             unsigned int count_sat,
-                             unsigned int max_update_factor, vp9_prob *probs) {
-  tree_merge_probs_impl(0, tree, pre_probs, counts,
-                        count_sat, max_update_factor, probs);
-}
 
 DECLARE_ALIGNED(16, extern const uint8_t, vp9_norm[256]);