diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c
index e85118118..f70b571ef 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c
@@ -175,17 +175,18 @@ static void inc_mv_component(int v, nmv_component_counts *comp_counts,
   }
 }
 
+void vp9_inc_mv(const MV *mv, nmv_context_counts *counts) {
+  if (counts != NULL) {
+    const MV_JOINT_TYPE j = vp9_get_mv_joint(mv);
+    ++counts->joints[j];
 
-void vp9_inc_mv(const MV *mv,  nmv_context_counts *counts) {
-  const MV_JOINT_TYPE j = vp9_get_mv_joint(mv);
-  ++counts->joints[j];
+    if (mv_joint_vertical(j)) {
+      inc_mv_component(mv->row, &counts->comps[0], 1, 1);
+    }
 
-  if (mv_joint_vertical(j)) {
-    inc_mv_component(mv->row, &counts->comps[0], 1, 1);
-  }
-
-  if (mv_joint_horizontal(j)) {
-    inc_mv_component(mv->col, &counts->comps[1], 1, 1);
+    if (mv_joint_horizontal(j)) {
+      inc_mv_component(mv->col, &counts->comps[1], 1, 1);
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c
index fcd5f9e72..d4f7b8438 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ static MB_PREDICTION_MODE read_intra_mode_y(VP9_COMMON *cm, vp9_reader *r,
                                             int size_group) {
   const MB_PREDICTION_MODE y_mode = read_intra_mode(r,
                                         cm->fc.y_mode_prob[size_group]);
-  ++cm->counts.y_mode[size_group][y_mode];
+  if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
+    ++cm->counts.y_mode[size_group][y_mode];
   return y_mode;
 }
 
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ static MB_PREDICTION_MODE read_intra_mode_uv(VP9_COMMON *cm, vp9_reader *r,
                                              MB_PREDICTION_MODE y_mode) {
   const MB_PREDICTION_MODE uv_mode = read_intra_mode(r,
                                          cm->fc.uv_mode_prob[y_mode]);
-  ++cm->counts.uv_mode[y_mode][uv_mode];
+  if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
+    ++cm->counts.uv_mode[y_mode][uv_mode];
   return uv_mode;
 }
 
@@ -50,7 +52,8 @@ static MB_PREDICTION_MODE read_inter_mode(VP9_COMMON *cm, vp9_reader *r,
                                           uint8_t context) {
   const MB_PREDICTION_MODE mode = treed_read(r, vp9_inter_mode_tree,
                                              cm->fc.inter_mode_probs[context]);
-  ++cm->counts.inter_mode[context][inter_mode_offset(mode)];
+  if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
+    ++cm->counts.inter_mode[context][inter_mode_offset(mode)];
   return mode;
 }
 
@@ -69,7 +72,8 @@ static TX_SIZE read_selected_tx_size(VP9_COMMON *cm, MACROBLOCKD *xd,
       tx_size += vp9_read(r, tx_probs[2]);
   }
 
-  update_tx_counts(bsize, context, tx_size, &cm->counts.tx);
+  if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
+    update_tx_counts(bsize, context, tx_size, &cm->counts.tx);
   return tx_size;
 }
 
@@ -157,7 +161,8 @@ static uint8_t read_skip_coeff(VP9D_COMP *pbi, int segment_id, vp9_reader *r) {
   if (!skip_coeff) {
     const int ctx = vp9_get_pred_context_mbskip(xd);
     skip_coeff = vp9_read(r, vp9_get_pred_prob_mbskip(cm, xd));
-    cm->counts.mbskip[ctx][skip_coeff]++;
+    if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
+      ++cm->counts.mbskip[ctx][skip_coeff];
   }
   return skip_coeff;
 }
@@ -325,7 +330,8 @@ static void read_ref_frames(VP9D_COMP *pbi, vp9_reader *r,
 
     if (cm->comp_pred_mode == HYBRID_PREDICTION) {
       is_comp = vp9_read(r, fc->comp_inter_prob[comp_ctx]);
-      counts->comp_inter[comp_ctx][is_comp]++;
+      if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
+        ++counts->comp_inter[comp_ctx][is_comp];
     } else {
       is_comp = cm->comp_pred_mode == COMP_PREDICTION_ONLY;
     }
@@ -335,18 +341,21 @@ static void read_ref_frames(VP9D_COMP *pbi, vp9_reader *r,
       const int fix_ref_idx = cm->ref_frame_sign_bias[cm->comp_fixed_ref];
       const int ref_ctx = vp9_get_pred_context_comp_ref_p(cm, xd);
       const int b = vp9_read(r, fc->comp_ref_prob[ref_ctx]);
-      counts->comp_ref[ref_ctx][b]++;
+      if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
+        ++counts->comp_ref[ref_ctx][b];
       ref_frame[fix_ref_idx] = cm->comp_fixed_ref;
       ref_frame[!fix_ref_idx] = cm->comp_var_ref[b];
     } else {
       const int ctx0 = vp9_get_pred_context_single_ref_p1(xd);
       const int bit0 = vp9_read(r, fc->single_ref_prob[ctx0][0]);
-      ++counts->single_ref[ctx0][0][bit0];
+      if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
+        ++counts->single_ref[ctx0][0][bit0];
       if (bit0) {
         const int ctx1 = vp9_get_pred_context_single_ref_p2(xd);
         const int bit1 = vp9_read(r, fc->single_ref_prob[ctx1][1]);
         ref_frame[0] = bit1 ? ALTREF_FRAME : GOLDEN_FRAME;
-        ++counts->single_ref[ctx1][1][bit1];
+        if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
+          ++counts->single_ref[ctx1][1][bit1];
       } else {
         ref_frame[0] = LAST_FRAME;
       }
@@ -384,7 +393,8 @@ static INLINE INTERPOLATIONFILTERTYPE read_switchable_filter_type(
   const int ctx = vp9_get_pred_context_switchable_interp(xd);
   const int type = treed_read(r, vp9_switchable_interp_tree,
                               cm->fc.switchable_interp_prob[ctx]);
-  ++cm->counts.switchable_interp[ctx][type];
+  if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
+    ++cm->counts.switchable_interp[ctx][type];
   return type;
 }
 
@@ -430,34 +440,38 @@ static INLINE int assign_mv(VP9_COMMON *cm, MB_PREDICTION_MODE mode,
   int ret = 1;
 
   switch (mode) {
-    case NEWMV:
-       read_mv(r, &mv[0].as_mv, &best_mv[0].as_mv,
-               &cm->fc.nmvc, &cm->counts.mv, allow_hp);
-       if (is_compound)
-         read_mv(r, &mv[1].as_mv, &best_mv[1].as_mv,
-                 &cm->fc.nmvc, &cm->counts.mv, allow_hp);
-       for (i = 0; i < 1 + is_compound; ++i) {
-         ret = ret && mv[i].as_mv.row < MV_UPP && mv[i].as_mv.row > MV_LOW;
-         ret = ret && mv[i].as_mv.col < MV_UPP && mv[i].as_mv.col > MV_LOW;
-       }
-       break;
-    case NEARESTMV:
+    case NEWMV: {
+      nmv_context_counts *const mv_counts = cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode ?
+                                            NULL : &cm->counts.mv;
+      read_mv(r, &mv[0].as_mv, &best_mv[0].as_mv,
+              &cm->fc.nmvc, mv_counts, allow_hp);
+      if (is_compound)
+        read_mv(r, &mv[1].as_mv, &best_mv[1].as_mv,
+                &cm->fc.nmvc, mv_counts, allow_hp);
+      for (i = 0; i < 1 + is_compound; ++i) {
+        ret = ret && mv[i].as_mv.row < MV_UPP && mv[i].as_mv.row > MV_LOW;
+        ret = ret && mv[i].as_mv.col < MV_UPP && mv[i].as_mv.col > MV_LOW;
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case NEARESTMV: {
       mv[0].as_int = nearest_mv[0].as_int;
-      if (is_compound)
-        mv[1].as_int = nearest_mv[1].as_int;
+      if (is_compound) mv[1].as_int = nearest_mv[1].as_int;
       break;
-    case NEARMV:
+    }
+    case NEARMV: {
       mv[0].as_int = near_mv[0].as_int;
-      if (is_compound)
-        mv[1].as_int = near_mv[1].as_int;
+      if (is_compound) mv[1].as_int = near_mv[1].as_int;
       break;
-    case ZEROMV:
+    }
+    case ZEROMV: {
       mv[0].as_int = 0;
-      if (is_compound)
-        mv[1].as_int = 0;
+      if (is_compound) mv[1].as_int = 0;
       break;
-    default:
+    }
+    default: {
       return 0;
+    }
   }
   return ret;
 }
@@ -472,7 +486,8 @@ static int read_is_inter_block(VP9D_COMP *pbi, int segment_id, vp9_reader *r) {
   } else {
     const int ctx = vp9_get_pred_context_intra_inter(xd);
     const int is_inter = vp9_read(r, vp9_get_pred_prob_intra_inter(cm, xd));
-    ++cm->counts.intra_inter[ctx][is_inter];
+    if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
+      ++cm->counts.intra_inter[ctx][is_inter];
     return is_inter;
   }
 }
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c
index ec310f4ce..960e6f6e8 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ static void decode_modes_sb(VP9D_COMP *pbi, int tile_col,
     else
       partition = PARTITION_SPLIT;
 
-    cm->counts.partition[pl][partition]++;
+    if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
+      ++cm->counts.partition[pl][partition];
   }
 
   subsize = get_subsize(bsize, partition);
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_detokenize.c b/vp9/decoder/vp9_detokenize.c
index 58976ec0d..63e5252cf 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_detokenize.c
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_detokenize.c
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ static int decode_coefs(VP9_COMMON *cm, const MACROBLOCKD *xd,
       pt = get_coef_context(nb, token_cache, c);
     band = get_coef_band(band_translate, c);
     prob = coef_probs[band][pt];
-    counts->eob_branch[tx_size][type][ref][band][pt]++;
+    if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
+      ++counts->eob_branch[tx_size][type][ref][band][pt];
     if (!vp9_read(r, prob[EOB_CONTEXT_NODE]))
       break;
 
@@ -198,8 +199,10 @@ static int decode_coefs(VP9_COMMON *cm, const MACROBLOCKD *xd,
     WRITE_COEF_CONTINUE(val, DCT_VAL_CATEGORY6);
   }
 
-  if (c < seg_eob)
-    coef_counts[type][ref][band][pt][DCT_EOB_MODEL_TOKEN]++;
+  if (c < seg_eob) {
+    if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
+      ++coef_counts[type][ref][band][pt][DCT_EOB_MODEL_TOKEN];
+  }
 
   return c;
 }