diff --git a/src/search_intra.c b/src/search_intra.c
index c79c5d61..f05aa208 100644
--- a/src/search_intra.c
+++ b/src/search_intra.c
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ static double search_intra_trdepth(
     // If the cost of any 1/4th of the transform is already larger than the
     // whole transform, assume that splitting further is a bad idea.
     if (nosplit_cost <= cost_treshold) {
+      memcpy(&state->search_cabac, &cabac_data, sizeof(cabac_data));
       return nosplit_cost;
     }
   }