diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_aq_variance.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_aq_variance.c
index 7ee9662e9..3dea1e33f 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_aq_variance.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_aq_variance.c
@@ -26,11 +26,9 @@
   assert((energy) >= ENERGY_MIN && (energy) <= ENERGY_MAX)
 
 static double q_ratio[MAX_SEGMENTS] = { 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 };
-static double rdmult_ratio[MAX_SEGMENTS] = { 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 };
 static int segment_id[MAX_SEGMENTS] = { 5, 3, 1, 0, 2, 4, 6, 7 };
 
 #define Q_RATIO(i) q_ratio[(i) - ENERGY_MIN]
-#define RDMULT_RATIO(i) rdmult_ratio[(i) - ENERGY_MIN]
 #define SEGMENT_ID(i) segment_id[(i) - ENERGY_MIN]
 
 DECLARE_ALIGNED(16, static const uint8_t, vp9_64_zeros[64]) = {0};
@@ -44,14 +42,6 @@ unsigned int vp9_vaq_segment_id(int energy) {
   return SEGMENT_ID(energy);
 }
 
-double vp9_vaq_rdmult_ratio(int energy) {
-  ENERGY_IN_BOUNDS(energy);
-
-  vp9_clear_system_state();
-
-  return RDMULT_RATIO(energy);
-}
-
 void vp9_vaq_init() {
   int i;
   double base_ratio;
@@ -71,8 +61,6 @@ void vp9_vaq_frame_setup(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
   VP9_COMMON *cm = &cpi->common;
   struct segmentation *seg = &cm->seg;
   const double base_q = vp9_convert_qindex_to_q(cm->base_qindex, cm->bit_depth);
-  const int base_rdmult = vp9_compute_rd_mult(cpi, cm->base_qindex +
-                                              cm->y_dc_delta_q);
   int i;
 
   if (cm->frame_type == KEY_FRAME ||
@@ -86,11 +74,10 @@ void vp9_vaq_frame_setup(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
   vp9_clear_system_state();
 
     for (i = ENERGY_MIN; i <= ENERGY_MAX; i++) {
-      int qindex_delta, segment_rdmult;
+      int qindex_delta;
 
       if (Q_RATIO(i) == 1) {
         // No need to enable SEG_LVL_ALT_Q for this segment
-        RDMULT_RATIO(i) = 1;
         continue;
       }
 
@@ -98,11 +85,6 @@ void vp9_vaq_frame_setup(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
                                         cm->bit_depth);
       vp9_set_segdata(seg, SEGMENT_ID(i), SEG_LVL_ALT_Q, qindex_delta);
       vp9_enable_segfeature(seg, SEGMENT_ID(i), SEG_LVL_ALT_Q);
-
-      segment_rdmult = vp9_compute_rd_mult(cpi, cm->base_qindex + qindex_delta +
-                                           cm->y_dc_delta_q);
-
-      RDMULT_RATIO(i) = (double) segment_rdmult / base_rdmult;
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_aq_variance.h b/vp9/encoder/vp9_aq_variance.h
index 73ce2eb13..e157702d9 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_aq_variance.h
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_aq_variance.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 unsigned int vp9_vaq_segment_id(int energy);
-double vp9_vaq_rdmult_ratio(int energy);
-
 void vp9_vaq_init();
 void vp9_vaq_frame_setup(VP9_COMP *cpi);
 
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
index 31683da40..93e85292a 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ static void rd_pick_sb_modes(VP9_COMP *cpi,
   if (aq_mode == VARIANCE_AQ) {
     const int energy = bsize <= BLOCK_16X16 ? x->mb_energy
                                             : vp9_block_energy(cpi, x, bsize);
+    int segment_qindex;
     if (cm->frame_type == KEY_FRAME ||
         cpi->refresh_alt_ref_frame ||
         (cpi->refresh_golden_frame && !cpi->rc.is_src_frame_alt_ref)) {
@@ -860,11 +861,13 @@ static void rd_pick_sb_modes(VP9_COMP *cpi,
                                                     : cm->last_frame_seg_map;
       mbmi->segment_id = vp9_get_segment_id(cm, map, bsize, mi_row, mi_col);
     }
-
-    rdmult_ratio = vp9_vaq_rdmult_ratio(energy);
     vp9_init_plane_quantizers(cpi, x);
     vp9_clear_system_state();
-    x->rdmult = (int)round(x->rdmult * rdmult_ratio);
+    segment_qindex = vp9_get_qindex(&cm->seg, mbmi->segment_id,
+                                    cm->base_qindex);
+    x->rdmult = vp9_compute_rd_mult(cpi, segment_qindex + cm->y_dc_delta_q);
+    vp9_clear_system_state();
+    rdmult_ratio = (double)x->rdmult / orig_rdmult;
   } else if (aq_mode == COMPLEXITY_AQ) {
     const int mi_offset = mi_row * cm->mi_cols + mi_col;
     unsigned char complexity = cpi->complexity_map[mi_offset];