diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c
index 46bfbe25d..36eaff4fc 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c
@@ -928,6 +928,44 @@ void vp9_init_dequantizer(VP9_COMMON *cm) {
   }
 }
 
+#ifdef NDEBUG
+#define debug_check_frame_counts(cm) (void)0
+#else  // !NDEBUG
+// Counts should only be incremented when frame_parallel_decoding_mode and
+// error_resilient_mode are disabled.
+static void debug_check_frame_counts(const VP9_COMMON *const cm) {
+  FRAME_COUNTS zero_counts;
+  vp9_zero(zero_counts);
+  assert(cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode || cm->error_resilient_mode);
+  assert(!memcmp(cm->counts.y_mode, zero_counts.y_mode,
+                 sizeof(cm->counts.y_mode)));
+  assert(!memcmp(cm->counts.uv_mode, zero_counts.uv_mode,
+                 sizeof(cm->counts.uv_mode)));
+  assert(!memcmp(cm->counts.partition, zero_counts.partition,
+                 sizeof(cm->counts.partition)));
+  assert(!memcmp(cm->counts.coef, zero_counts.coef,
+                 sizeof(cm->counts.coef)));
+  assert(!memcmp(cm->counts.eob_branch, zero_counts.eob_branch,
+                 sizeof(cm->counts.eob_branch)));
+  assert(!memcmp(cm->counts.switchable_interp, zero_counts.switchable_interp,
+                 sizeof(cm->counts.switchable_interp)));
+  assert(!memcmp(cm->counts.inter_mode, zero_counts.inter_mode,
+                 sizeof(cm->counts.inter_mode)));
+  assert(!memcmp(cm->counts.intra_inter, zero_counts.intra_inter,
+                 sizeof(cm->counts.intra_inter)));
+  assert(!memcmp(cm->counts.comp_inter, zero_counts.comp_inter,
+                 sizeof(cm->counts.comp_inter)));
+  assert(!memcmp(cm->counts.single_ref, zero_counts.single_ref,
+                 sizeof(cm->counts.single_ref)));
+  assert(!memcmp(cm->counts.comp_ref, zero_counts.comp_ref,
+                 sizeof(cm->counts.comp_ref)));
+  assert(!memcmp(&cm->counts.tx, &zero_counts.tx, sizeof(cm->counts.tx)));
+  assert(!memcmp(cm->counts.mbskip, zero_counts.mbskip,
+                 sizeof(cm->counts.mbskip)));
+  assert(!memcmp(&cm->counts.mv, &zero_counts.mv, sizeof(cm->counts.mv)));
+}
+#endif  // NDEBUG
+
 int vp9_decode_frame(VP9D_COMP *pbi, const uint8_t **p_data_end) {
   int i;
   VP9_COMMON *const cm = &pbi->common;
@@ -1018,6 +1056,8 @@ int vp9_decode_frame(VP9D_COMP *pbi, const uint8_t **p_data_end) {
       vp9_adapt_mode_probs(cm);
       vp9_adapt_mv_probs(cm, cm->allow_high_precision_mv);
     }
+  } else {
+    debug_check_frame_counts(cm);
   }
 
   if (cm->refresh_frame_context)
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_detokenize.c b/vp9/decoder/vp9_detokenize.c
index 2f5b1369c..0d0f0dfe0 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_detokenize.c
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_detokenize.c
@@ -61,13 +61,16 @@ static const vp9_prob cat6_prob[15] = {
   254, 254, 254, 252, 249, 243, 230, 196, 177, 153, 140, 133, 130, 129, 0
 };
 
-#define INCREMENT_COUNT(token)               \
-  do {                                       \
-    coef_counts[type][ref][band][pt]         \
-               [token >= TWO_TOKEN ?     \
-                (token == DCT_EOB_TOKEN ? DCT_EOB_MODEL_TOKEN : TWO_TOKEN) : \
-                token]++;     \
-    token_cache[scan[c]] = vp9_pt_energy_class[token]; \
+#define INCREMENT_COUNT(token)                           \
+  do {                                                   \
+    if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode) {             \
+      ++coef_counts[type][ref][band][pt]                 \
+                   [token >= TWO_TOKEN ?                 \
+                    (token == DCT_EOB_TOKEN ?            \
+                     DCT_EOB_MODEL_TOKEN : TWO_TOKEN) :  \
+                    token];                              \
+    }                                                    \
+    token_cache[scan[c]] = vp9_pt_energy_class[token];   \
   } while (0)
 
 #define WRITE_COEF_CONTINUE(val, token)                  \