diff --git a/vp8/encoder/encodeframe.c b/vp8/encoder/encodeframe.c
index d535894734cf73bfdedc5d5ce791da96c8fb828f..f06a4ca883b134d57a3aa7f1704a080eeb51f5fd 100644
--- a/vp8/encoder/encodeframe.c
+++ b/vp8/encoder/encodeframe.c
@@ -399,13 +399,6 @@ void vp8cx_frame_init_quantizer(VP8_COMP *cpi)
     // Clear Zbin mode boost for default case
     cpi->zbin_mode_boost = 0;
 
-    // vp8cx_init_quantizer() is first called in vp8_create_compressor(). A check is added here so that vp8cx_init_quantizer() is only called
-    // when these values are not all zero.
-    if (cpi->common.y1dc_delta_q | cpi->common.y2dc_delta_q | cpi->common.uvdc_delta_q | cpi->common.y2ac_delta_q | cpi->common.uvac_delta_q)
-    {
-        vp8cx_init_quantizer(cpi);
-    }
-
     // MB level quantizer setup
     vp8cx_mb_init_quantizer(cpi, &cpi->mb);
 }
diff --git a/vp8/encoder/onyx_if.c b/vp8/encoder/onyx_if.c
index df1a6f57ef0aa9f4d232d10d8cd55a526cbbdd80..912d64179c9a6c40de39b0f2bad2558c774b7d75 100644
--- a/vp8/encoder/onyx_if.c
+++ b/vp8/encoder/onyx_if.c
@@ -3123,11 +3123,14 @@ static int pick_frame_size(VP8_COMP *cpi)
 
     return 1;
 }
+
 static void set_quantizer(VP8_COMP *cpi, int Q)
 {
     VP8_COMMON *cm = &cpi->common;
     MACROBLOCKD *mbd = &cpi->mb.e_mbd;
+    int update = 0;
 
+    update |= cm->base_qindex != Q;
     cm->base_qindex = Q;
 
     cm->y1dc_delta_q = 0;
@@ -3138,13 +3141,19 @@ static void set_quantizer(VP8_COMP *cpi, int Q)
 
     if(Q<4)
     {
+        update |= cm->y2dc_delta_q != 4-Q;
         cm->y2dc_delta_q = 4-Q;
     }
+
     // Set Segment specific quatizers
     mbd->segment_feature_data[MB_LVL_ALT_Q][0] = cpi->segment_feature_data[MB_LVL_ALT_Q][0];
     mbd->segment_feature_data[MB_LVL_ALT_Q][1] = cpi->segment_feature_data[MB_LVL_ALT_Q][1];
     mbd->segment_feature_data[MB_LVL_ALT_Q][2] = cpi->segment_feature_data[MB_LVL_ALT_Q][2];
     mbd->segment_feature_data[MB_LVL_ALT_Q][3] = cpi->segment_feature_data[MB_LVL_ALT_Q][3];
+
+    if(update)
+        vp8cx_init_quantizer(cpi);
+
 }
 
 static void update_alt_ref_frame_and_stats(VP8_COMP *cpi)