diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
index 1624bf940651eb4f0008bf5216e2c9cc7e98cbe8..35e1d646b9d3665c2188cee8dd961edeaeacba65 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ static void choose_partitioning(VP9_COMP *cpi, MODE_INFO *m, int mi_row,
   d = vp9_64x64_zeros;
   dp = 64;
   if (cm->frame_type != KEY_FRAME) {
-    int_mv nearest, near;
+    int_mv nearest_mv, near_mv;
     YV12_BUFFER_CONFIG *ref_fb = &cm->yv12_fb[0];
     YV12_BUFFER_CONFIG *second_ref_fb = NULL;
 
@@ -1124,10 +1124,10 @@ static void choose_partitioning(VP9_COMP *cpi, MODE_INFO *m, int mi_row,
                      xd->scale_factor, xd->scale_factor_uv);
     xd->mode_info_context->mbmi.ref_frame[0] = LAST_FRAME;
     xd->mode_info_context->mbmi.sb_type = BLOCK_SIZE_SB64X64;
-    vp9_find_best_ref_mvs(xd, m->mbmi.ref_mvs[m->mbmi.ref_frame[0]], &nearest,
-                          &near);
+    vp9_find_best_ref_mvs(xd, m->mbmi.ref_mvs[m->mbmi.ref_frame[0]],
+                          &nearest_mv, &near_mv);
 
-    xd->mode_info_context->mbmi.mv[0] = nearest;
+    xd->mode_info_context->mbmi.mv[0] = nearest_mv;
     vp9_build_inter_predictors_sby(xd, mi_row, mi_col, BLOCK_SIZE_SB64X64);
     d = xd->plane[0].dst.buf;
     dp = xd->plane[0].dst.stride;
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c
index 7b53f31172842ff36b8578a7dcc11284198d8061..be6c191eb95577e2cef1160704235ccbfd54b096 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c
@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@ static void model_rd_for_sb(VP9_COMP *cpi, BLOCK_SIZE_TYPE bsize,
   // Note our transform coeffs are 8 times an orthogonal transform.
   // Hence quantizer step is also 8 times. To get effective quantizer
   // we need to divide by 8 before sending to modeling function.
-  unsigned int sse, var;
+  unsigned int sse;
   int i, rate_sum = 0, dist_sum = 0;
 
   for (i = 0; i < MAX_MB_PLANE; ++i) {
@@ -1974,9 +1974,8 @@ static void model_rd_for_sb(VP9_COMP *cpi, BLOCK_SIZE_TYPE bsize,
     const int bh = plane_block_height(bsize, pd);
     const enum BlockSize bs = get_block_size(bw, bh);
     int rate, dist;
-    var = cpi->fn_ptr[bs].vf(p->src.buf, p->src.stride,
-                             pd->dst.buf, pd->dst.stride, &sse);
-    // sse works better than var, since there is no dc prediction used
+    cpi->fn_ptr[bs].vf(p->src.buf, p->src.stride,
+                       pd->dst.buf, pd->dst.stride, &sse);
     model_rd_from_var_lapndz(sse, bw * bh, pd->dequant[1] >> 3, &rate, &dist);
 
     rate_sum += rate;