diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c
index 4080f8c34..6cfc34697 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymv.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static unsigned int adapt_probs(unsigned int i,
 }
 
 
-void vp9_adapt_mv_probs(VP9_COMMON *cm, int usehp) {
+void vp9_adapt_mv_probs(VP9_COMMON *cm, int allow_hp) {
   int i, j;
 
   FRAME_CONTEXT *pre_fc = &cm->frame_contexts[cm->frame_context_idx];
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ void vp9_adapt_mv_probs(VP9_COMMON *cm, int usehp) {
   nmv_context *pre_ctx = &pre_fc->nmvc;
   nmv_context_counts *cts = &cm->counts.mv;
 
-  vp9_counts_process(cts, usehp);
+  vp9_counts_process(cts, allow_hp);
 
   adapt_probs(0, vp9_mv_joint_tree, ctx->joints, pre_ctx->joints, cts->joints);
 
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ void vp9_adapt_mv_probs(VP9_COMMON *cm, int usehp) {
     adapt_probs(0, vp9_mv_fp_tree, ctx->comps[i].fp, pre_ctx->comps[i].fp,
                 cts->comps[i].fp);
 
-    if (usehp) {
+    if (allow_hp) {
       ctx->comps[i].class0_hp = adapt_prob(pre_ctx->comps[i].class0_hp,
                                            cts->comps[i].class0_hp);
       ctx->comps[i].hp = adapt_prob(pre_ctx->comps[i].hp, cts->comps[i].hp);
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_findnearmv.c b/vp9/common/vp9_findnearmv.c
index d056dffc9..3af8b8d21 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_findnearmv.c
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_findnearmv.c
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_mvref_common.h"
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_sadmxn.h"
 
-static void lower_mv_precision(int_mv *mv, int usehp) {
-  if (!usehp || !vp9_use_mv_hp(&mv->as_mv)) {
+static void lower_mv_precision(int_mv *mv, int allow_hp) {
+  const int use_hp = allow_hp && vp9_use_mv_hp(&mv->as_mv);
+  if (!use_hp) {
     if (mv->as_mv.row & 1)
       mv->as_mv.row += (mv->as_mv.row > 0 ? -1 : 1);
     if (mv->as_mv.col & 1)
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_mcomp.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_mcomp.c
index e3c002b1f..88beee791 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_mcomp.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_mcomp.c
@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ int vp9_find_best_sub_pixel_step_iteratively(MACROBLOCK *x,
   int maxc, minc, maxr, minr;
   int y_stride;
   int offset;
-  int usehp = xd->allow_high_precision_mv;
 
   uint8_t *y = xd->plane[0].pre[0].buf +
                (bestmv->as_mv.row) * xd->plane[0].pre[0].stride +
@@ -370,13 +369,7 @@ int vp9_find_best_sub_pixel_step_iteratively(MACROBLOCK *x,
     tc = bc;
   }
 
-  if (xd->allow_high_precision_mv) {
-    usehp = vp9_use_mv_hp(&ref_mv->as_mv);
-  } else {
-    usehp = 0;
-  }
-
-  if (usehp) {
+  if (xd->allow_high_precision_mv && vp9_use_mv_hp(&ref_mv->as_mv)) {
     hstep >>= 1;
     while (--eighthiters) {
       CHECK_BETTER(left, tr, tc - hstep);
@@ -450,7 +443,6 @@ int vp9_find_best_sub_pixel_comp(MACROBLOCK *x,
   int maxc, minc, maxr, minr;
   int y_stride;
   int offset;
-  int usehp = xd->allow_high_precision_mv;
 
   DECLARE_ALIGNED_ARRAY(16, uint8_t, comp_pred, 64 * 64);
   uint8_t *y = xd->plane[0].pre[0].buf +
@@ -559,13 +551,7 @@ int vp9_find_best_sub_pixel_comp(MACROBLOCK *x,
     tc = bc;
   }
 
-  if (xd->allow_high_precision_mv) {
-    usehp = vp9_use_mv_hp(&ref_mv->as_mv);
-  } else {
-    usehp = 0;
-  }
-
-  if (usehp) {
+  if (xd->allow_high_precision_mv && vp9_use_mv_hp(&ref_mv->as_mv)) {
     hstep >>= 1;
     while (--eighthiters) {
       CHECK_BETTER(left, tr, tc - hstep);
@@ -636,7 +622,6 @@ int vp9_find_best_sub_pixel_step(MACROBLOCK *x,
   int thismse;
   int y_stride;
   MACROBLOCKD *xd = &x->e_mbd;
-  int usehp = xd->allow_high_precision_mv;
 
   uint8_t *y = xd->plane[0].pre[0].buf +
                (bestmv->as_mv.row) * xd->plane[0].pre[0].stride +
@@ -929,12 +914,7 @@ int vp9_find_best_sub_pixel_step(MACROBLOCK *x,
     *sse1 = sse;
   }
 
-  if (x->e_mbd.allow_high_precision_mv) {
-    usehp = vp9_use_mv_hp(&ref_mv->as_mv);
-  } else {
-    usehp = 0;
-  }
-  if (!usehp)
+  if (!(xd->allow_high_precision_mv && vp9_use_mv_hp(&ref_mv->as_mv)))
     return bestmse;
 
   /* Now do 1/8th pixel */