diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
index 314f8ab84527eb579ed189da60fd6bea522d31bc..1879b15e284cc375395a6310dce584639a7bd9a1 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
@@ -1935,7 +1935,8 @@ static void find_next_key_frame(VP9_COMP *cpi, FIRSTPASS_STATS *this_frame) {
 
   // Find the next keyframe.
   i = 0;
-  while (twopass->stats_in < twopass->stats_in_end) {
+  while (twopass->stats_in < twopass->stats_in_end &&
+         rc->frames_to_key < cpi->key_frame_frequency) {
     // Accumulate kf group error.
     kf_group_err += calculate_modified_err(cpi, this_frame);
 
@@ -2003,7 +2004,8 @@ static void find_next_key_frame(VP9_COMP *cpi, FIRSTPASS_STATS *this_frame) {
       input_stats(twopass, &tmp_frame);
     }
     rc->next_key_frame_forced = 1;
-  } else if (twopass->stats_in == twopass->stats_in_end) {
+  } else if (twopass->stats_in == twopass->stats_in_end ||
+             rc->frames_to_key >= cpi->key_frame_frequency) {
     rc->next_key_frame_forced = 1;
   } else {
     rc->next_key_frame_forced = 0;
diff --git a/vp9/vp9_cx_iface.c b/vp9/vp9_cx_iface.c
index 1d82b1955c003bc3e10a0d61e366714312479920..1ca9fb93ac118259281bec90d85be83115a9f928 100644
--- a/vp9/vp9_cx_iface.c
+++ b/vp9/vp9_cx_iface.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static vpx_codec_err_t validate_config(vpx_codec_alg_priv_t *ctx,
         ERROR("ts_rate_decimator factors are not powers of 2");
   }
 
-  // VP8 does not support a lower bound on the keyframe interval in
+  // VP9 does not support a lower bound on the keyframe interval in
   // automatic keyframe placement mode.
   if (cfg->kf_mode != VPX_KF_DISABLED &&
       cfg->kf_min_dist != cfg->kf_max_dist &&