diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c
index 3b2510dcd..5d74c6967 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ void vp9_init_mbmode_probs(VP9_COMMON *cm) {
   vp9_copy(cm->fc.single_ref_prob, default_single_ref_p);
   cm->fc.tx_probs = default_tx_probs;
   vp9_copy(cm->fc.mbskip_probs, default_mbskip_probs);
+  vp9_copy(cm->fc.inter_mode_probs, default_inter_mode_probs);
 }
 
 const vp9_tree_index vp9_switchable_interp_tree
@@ -466,7 +467,6 @@ void vp9_setup_past_independence(VP9_COMMON *cm) {
   vp9_default_coef_probs(cm);
   vp9_init_mbmode_probs(cm);
   vp9_init_mv_probs(cm);
-  vp9_copy(cm->fc.inter_mode_probs, default_inter_mode_probs);
 
   if (cm->frame_type == KEY_FRAME ||
       cm->error_resilient_mode || cm->reset_frame_context == 3) {
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
index 2a85deec8..7cda45612 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
@@ -1868,10 +1868,6 @@ static void init_encode_frame_mb_context(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
 
   xd->mode_info_stride = cm->mode_info_stride;
 
-  // reset intra mode contexts
-  if (frame_is_intra_only(cm))
-    vp9_init_mbmode_probs(cm);
-
   // Copy data over into macro block data structures.
   vp9_setup_src_planes(x, cpi->Source, 0, 0);