diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_onyxc_int.h b/vp9/common/vp9_onyxc_int.h
index 117b833dd2382f004e1bb957aeed0f972bd2ec60..ed4c044feb0ac4bc9c264f21a73df9713774b4f1 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_onyxc_int.h
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_onyxc_int.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ typedef struct VP9Common {
 
   int show_frame;
   int last_show_frame;
+  int show_existing_frame;
 
   // Flag signaling that the frame is encoded using only INTRA modes.
   int intra_only;
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodeframe.c b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodeframe.c
index bc5d76ec31a455f00f3eb63dfad720134fe4be10..de6dbdcc060fd921ff80199dc07ac152c77f0d88 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodeframe.c
@@ -1132,7 +1132,8 @@ static size_t read_uncompressed_header(VP9D_COMP *pbi,
   cm->version = vp9_rb_read_bit(rb);
   RESERVED;
 
-  if (vp9_rb_read_bit(rb)) {
+  cm->show_existing_frame = vp9_rb_read_bit(rb);
+  if (cm->show_existing_frame) {
     // show an existing frame directly
     int frame_to_show = cm->ref_frame_map[vp9_rb_read_literal(rb, 3)];
     ref_cnt_fb(cm->fb_idx_ref_cnt, &cm->new_fb_idx, frame_to_show);
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_onyxd_if.c b/vp9/decoder/vp9_onyxd_if.c
index e24ba4279cd7027d05f73f077f5705496f1ec0d2..d585b9120ee1123b7fb6931ae75db8cc16b3e7f3 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_onyxd_if.c
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_onyxd_if.c
@@ -389,23 +389,25 @@ int vp9_receive_compressed_data(VP9D_PTR ptr,
 
   cm->last_show_frame = cm->show_frame;
   if (cm->show_frame) {
-    // current mip will be the prev_mip for the next frame
-    MODE_INFO *temp = cm->prev_mip;
-    MODE_INFO **temp2 = cm->prev_mi_grid_base;
-    cm->prev_mip = cm->mip;
-    cm->mip = temp;
-    cm->prev_mi_grid_base = cm->mi_grid_base;
-    cm->mi_grid_base = temp2;
-
-    // update the upper left visible macroblock ptrs
-    cm->mi = cm->mip + cm->mode_info_stride + 1;
-    cm->prev_mi = cm->prev_mip + cm->mode_info_stride + 1;
-    cm->mi_grid_visible = cm->mi_grid_base + cm->mode_info_stride + 1;
-    cm->prev_mi_grid_visible = cm->prev_mi_grid_base + cm->mode_info_stride + 1;
-
-    pbi->mb.mi_8x8 = cm->mi_grid_visible;
-    pbi->mb.mi_8x8[0] = cm->mi;
-
+    if (!cm->show_existing_frame) {
+      // current mip will be the prev_mip for the next frame
+      MODE_INFO *temp = cm->prev_mip;
+      MODE_INFO **temp2 = cm->prev_mi_grid_base;
+      cm->prev_mip = cm->mip;
+      cm->mip = temp;
+      cm->prev_mi_grid_base = cm->mi_grid_base;
+      cm->mi_grid_base = temp2;
+
+      // update the upper left visible macroblock ptrs
+      cm->mi = cm->mip + cm->mode_info_stride + 1;
+      cm->prev_mi = cm->prev_mip + cm->mode_info_stride + 1;
+      cm->mi_grid_visible = cm->mi_grid_base + cm->mode_info_stride + 1;
+      cm->prev_mi_grid_visible = cm->prev_mi_grid_base +
+                                 cm->mode_info_stride + 1;
+
+      pbi->mb.mi_8x8 = cm->mi_grid_visible;
+      pbi->mb.mi_8x8[0] = cm->mi;
+    }
     cm->current_video_frame++;
   }