diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_blockd.h b/vp9/common/vp9_blockd.h
index 9e16d8f782b91967e9b786fc07a9b5ec1fb77a9f..49e336aa4b7de3b097012f4cda858de2e8d39873 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_blockd.h
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_blockd.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #define BLOCK_SIZE_GROUPS 4
-#define MBSKIP_CONTEXTS 3
+#define SKIP_CONTEXTS 3
 #define INTER_MODE_CONTEXTS 7
 
 /* Segment Feature Masks */
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c
index 77b8de046c99dd2f3935836eee3f69b05c27522e..6def3c8696275dabd35cb89740b5a5942e4b58f5 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ void tx_counts_to_branch_counts_8x8(const unsigned int *tx_count_8x8p,
   ct_8x8p[0][1] = tx_count_8x8p[TX_8X8];
 }
 
-static const vp9_prob default_mbskip_probs[MBSKIP_CONTEXTS] = {
+static const vp9_prob default_skip_probs[SKIP_CONTEXTS] = {
   192, 128, 64
 };
 
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ void vp9_init_mbmode_probs(VP9_COMMON *cm) {
   vp9_copy(cm->fc.comp_ref_prob, default_comp_ref_p);
   vp9_copy(cm->fc.single_ref_prob, default_single_ref_p);
   cm->fc.tx_probs = default_tx_probs;
-  vp9_copy(cm->fc.mbskip_probs, default_mbskip_probs);
+  vp9_copy(cm->fc.skip_probs, default_skip_probs);
   vp9_copy(cm->fc.inter_mode_probs, default_inter_mode_probs);
 }
 
@@ -415,9 +415,8 @@ void vp9_adapt_mode_probs(VP9_COMMON *cm) {
     }
   }
 
-  for (i = 0; i < MBSKIP_CONTEXTS; ++i)
-    fc->mbskip_probs[i] = adapt_prob(pre_fc->mbskip_probs[i],
-                                     counts->mbskip[i]);
+  for (i = 0; i < SKIP_CONTEXTS; ++i)
+    fc->skip_probs[i] = adapt_prob(pre_fc->skip_probs[i], counts->skip[i]);
 }
 
 static void set_default_lf_deltas(struct loopfilter *lf) {
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_onyxc_int.h b/vp9/common/vp9_onyxc_int.h
index 894134a0f24ee880b8de694505f60495ead4eb17..08139f5c1eac94460536928113b7ab0f377dee25 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_onyxc_int.h
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_onyxc_int.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ typedef struct frame_contexts {
   vp9_prob single_ref_prob[REF_CONTEXTS][2];
   vp9_prob comp_ref_prob[REF_CONTEXTS];
   struct tx_probs tx_probs;
-  vp9_prob mbskip_probs[MBSKIP_CONTEXTS];
+  vp9_prob skip_probs[SKIP_CONTEXTS];
   nmv_context nmvc;
 } FRAME_CONTEXT;
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ typedef struct {
   unsigned int single_ref[REF_CONTEXTS][2][2];
   unsigned int comp_ref[REF_CONTEXTS][2];
   struct tx_counts tx;
-  unsigned int mbskip[MBSKIP_CONTEXTS][2];
+  unsigned int skip[SKIP_CONTEXTS][2];
   nmv_context_counts mv;
 } FRAME_COUNTS;
 
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.h b/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.h
index 26edf7810fcb5dd36cff70d53418e035460318cb..0acee32f876880637166d81bb0da2ac9d5bfda0f 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.h
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_pred_common.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static INLINE int vp9_get_skip_context(const MACROBLOCKD *xd) {
 
 static INLINE vp9_prob vp9_get_skip_prob(const VP9_COMMON *cm,
                                          const MACROBLOCKD *xd) {
-  return cm->fc.mbskip_probs[vp9_get_skip_context(xd)];
+  return cm->fc.skip_probs[vp9_get_skip_context(xd)];
 }
 
 int vp9_get_pred_context_switchable_interp(const MACROBLOCKD *xd);
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodeframe.c b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodeframe.c
index 1d9be5322b1356f2026c26f97e927893cf7913ac..3b2b48caca73bb880017bfd0d1d06c566574b821 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodeframe.c
@@ -1245,8 +1245,8 @@ static int read_compressed_header(VP9D_COMP *pbi, const uint8_t *data,
     read_tx_mode_probs(&fc->tx_probs, &r);
   read_coef_probs(fc, cm->tx_mode, &r);
 
-  for (k = 0; k < MBSKIP_CONTEXTS; ++k)
-    vp9_diff_update_prob(&r, &fc->mbskip_probs[k]);
+  for (k = 0; k < SKIP_CONTEXTS; ++k)
+    vp9_diff_update_prob(&r, &fc->skip_probs[k]);
 
   if (!frame_is_intra_only(cm)) {
     nmv_context *const nmvc = &fc->nmvc;
@@ -1321,8 +1321,7 @@ static void debug_check_frame_counts(const VP9_COMMON *const cm) {
   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.skip, zero_counts.skip, sizeof(cm->counts.skip)));
   assert(!memcmp(&cm->counts.mv, &zero_counts.mv, sizeof(cm->counts.mv)));
 }
 #endif  // NDEBUG
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c
index d7cd635bd3157e83c07974cd69269d5be2dd1931..e671f0dbafd6ae7f92049d55cadf3f2a4f1c0bf7 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ static int read_skip_coeff(VP9_COMMON *cm, const MACROBLOCKD *xd,
     return 1;
   } else {
     const int ctx = vp9_get_skip_context(xd);
-    const int skip = vp9_read(r, cm->fc.mbskip_probs[ctx]);
+    const int skip = vp9_read(r, cm->fc.skip_probs[ctx]);
     if (!cm->frame_parallel_decoding_mode)
-      ++cm->counts.mbskip[ctx][skip];
+      ++cm->counts.skip[ctx][skip];
     return skip;
   }
 }
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_bitstream.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_bitstream.c
index 8db517a9a5291a5c1733f788e60a4f5d9d964c06..ede744e7f6131ea68532f35781c542095a51bfde 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_bitstream.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_bitstream.c
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ static int write_skip_coeff(const VP9_COMP *cpi, int segment_id, MODE_INFO *m,
 void vp9_update_skip_probs(VP9_COMMON *cm, vp9_writer *w) {
   int k;
 
-  for (k = 0; k < MBSKIP_CONTEXTS; ++k)
-    vp9_cond_prob_diff_update(w, &cm->fc.mbskip_probs[k], cm->counts.mbskip[k]);
+  for (k = 0; k < SKIP_CONTEXTS; ++k)
+    vp9_cond_prob_diff_update(w, &cm->fc.skip_probs[k], cm->counts.skip[k]);
 }
 
 static void update_switchable_interp_probs(VP9_COMP *cpi, vp9_writer *w) {
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
index fba97736d80669a8477a7645f24077f6ef29b9eb..724a1150f14bba60301e9ba1f7e68e4204b09ddf 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
@@ -2138,7 +2138,7 @@ static void init_encode_frame_mb_context(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
   vp9_zero(cm->counts.single_ref);
   vp9_zero(cm->counts.comp_ref);
   vp9_zero(cm->counts.tx);
-  vp9_zero(cm->counts.mbskip);
+  vp9_zero(cm->counts.skip);
 
   // Note: this memset assumes above_context[0], [1] and [2]
   // are allocated as part of the same buffer.
@@ -2724,7 +2724,7 @@ static void encode_superblock(VP9_COMP *cpi, TOKENEXTRA **t, int output_enabled,
   } else {
     mbmi->skip_coeff = 1;
     if (output_enabled)
-      cm->counts.mbskip[vp9_get_skip_context(xd)][1]++;
+      cm->counts.skip[vp9_get_skip_context(xd)][1]++;
     reset_skip_context(xd, MAX(bsize, BLOCK_8X8));
   }
 
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
index e4c3863d29d86fe5f002800d72951925d5184bc5..a4cd9bb82ce5afee9cf857269508a381d717214d 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ typedef struct VP9_COMP {
   int cpu_used;
   int pass;
 
-  vp9_prob last_skip_false_probs[3][MBSKIP_CONTEXTS];
+  vp9_prob last_skip_false_probs[3][SKIP_CONTEXTS];
   int last_skip_probs_q[3];
 
   int ref_frame_flags;
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_tokenize.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_tokenize.c
index b04e3fe309fce3c5bc4f7748ef1d9e4f13697b65..8e646f669715b7f600a922d93efcf60db5665399 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_tokenize.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_tokenize.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ void vp9_tokenize_sb(VP9_COMP *cpi, TOKENEXTRA **t, int dry_run,
   struct tokenize_b_args arg = {cpi, xd, t, mbmi->tx_size, cpi->mb.token_cache};
   if (mbmi->skip_coeff) {
     if (!dry_run)
-      cm->counts.mbskip[ctx][1] += skip_inc;
+      cm->counts.skip[ctx][1] += skip_inc;
     reset_skip_context(xd, bsize);
     if (dry_run)
       *t = t_backup;
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ void vp9_tokenize_sb(VP9_COMP *cpi, TOKENEXTRA **t, int dry_run,
   }
 
   if (!dry_run) {
-    cm->counts.mbskip[ctx][0] += skip_inc;
+    cm->counts.skip[ctx][0] += skip_inc;
     foreach_transformed_block(xd, bsize, tokenize_b, &arg);
   } else {
     foreach_transformed_block(xd, bsize, set_entropy_context_b, &arg);