diff --git a/av1/encoder/firstpass.c b/av1/encoder/firstpass.c
index 7fc2984..1180942 100644
--- a/av1/encoder/firstpass.c
+++ b/av1/encoder/firstpass.c
@@ -721,15 +721,16 @@
       is_high_bitdepth, bitdepth, bsize, &x->plane[0].src,
       &unscaled_last_source_buf_2d);
   raw_motion_err_list[raw_motion_err_counts] = raw_motion_error;
+  const FIRST_PASS_SPEED_FEATURES *const fp_sf = &cpi->sf.fp_sf;
 
-  if (raw_motion_error > cpi->sf.fp_sf.skip_motion_search_threshold) {
+  if (raw_motion_error > fp_sf->skip_motion_search_threshold) {
     // Test last reference frame using the previous best mv as the
     // starting point (best reference) for the search.
     first_pass_motion_search(cpi, x, &ref_mv, &mv, &motion_error);
 
     // If the current best reference mv is not centered on 0,0 then do a
     // 0,0 based search as well.
-    if (!is_zero_mv(&ref_mv)) {
+    if ((fp_sf->skip_zeromv_motion_search == 0) && !is_zero_mv(&ref_mv)) {
       FULLPEL_MV tmp_mv = kZeroFullMv;
       int tmp_err = INT_MAX;
       first_pass_motion_search(cpi, x, &kZeroMv, &tmp_mv, &tmp_err);
@@ -831,7 +832,7 @@
     xd->mi[0]->ref_frame[0] = LAST_FRAME;
     xd->mi[0]->ref_frame[1] = NONE_FRAME;
 
-    if (cpi->sf.fp_sf.disable_recon == 0) {
+    if (fp_sf->disable_recon == 0) {
       av1_enc_build_inter_predictor(cm, xd, unit_row * unit_scale,
                                     unit_col * unit_scale, NULL, bsize,
                                     AOM_PLANE_Y, AOM_PLANE_Y);
diff --git a/av1/encoder/speed_features.c b/av1/encoder/speed_features.c
index 5edaf10..4e93698 100644
--- a/av1/encoder/speed_features.c
+++ b/av1/encoder/speed_features.c
@@ -1134,6 +1134,8 @@
     sf->winner_mode_sf.multi_winner_mode_type = MULTI_WINNER_MODE_OFF;
 
     sf->lpf_sf.cdef_pick_method = CDEF_FAST_SEARCH_LVL4;
+
+    sf->fp_sf.skip_zeromv_motion_search = 1;
   }
 
   // Intra txb hash is currently not compatible with multi-winner mode as the
@@ -1542,6 +1544,7 @@
   fp_sf->reduce_mv_step_param = 3;
   fp_sf->skip_motion_search_threshold = 0;
   fp_sf->disable_recon = 0;
+  fp_sf->skip_zeromv_motion_search = 0;
 }
 
 static AOM_INLINE void init_tpl_sf(TPL_SPEED_FEATURES *tpl_sf) {
diff --git a/av1/encoder/speed_features.h b/av1/encoder/speed_features.h
index 4b3e542..ef9238b 100644
--- a/av1/encoder/speed_features.h
+++ b/av1/encoder/speed_features.h
@@ -376,6 +376,11 @@
    * \brief Skips reconstruction by using source buffers for prediction
    */
   int disable_recon;
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Skips the motion search centered on 0,0 mv.
+   */
+  int skip_zeromv_motion_search;
 } FIRST_PASS_SPEED_FEATURES;
 
 /*!\cond */