diff --git a/rocket/src/main/scala/btb.scala b/rocket/src/main/scala/btb.scala
index 81a6d459..94f7a6ac 100644
--- a/rocket/src/main/scala/btb.scala
+++ b/rocket/src/main/scala/btb.scala
@@ -51,45 +51,34 @@ class BHTResp extends Bundle with BTBParameters {
 //    - updated speculatively in fetch (if there's a BTB hit).
 //    - on a mispredict, the history register is reset (again, only if BTB hit).
 // The counter table:
-//    - each PC has its own counter, updated when a branch resolves (and BTB hit).
-//    - the BTB provides the predicted branch PC, allowing us to properly index
-//      the counter table and provide the prediction for that specific branch.
-//      Critical path concerns may require only providing a single counter for
-//      the entire fetch packet, but that complicates how multiple branches
-//      update that line.
-class BHT(nbht: Int, fetchwidth: Int) {
+//    - each counter corresponds with the "fetch pc" (not the PC of the branch). 
+//    - updated when a branch resolves (and BTB was a hit for that branch).
+//      The updating branch must provide its "fetch pc" in addition to its own PC.
+class BHT(nbht: Int) {
   val nbhtbits = log2Up(nbht)
-  private val logfw = if (fetchwidth == 1) 0 else log2Up(fetchwidth)
-
-  def get(fetch_addr: UInt, bridx: UInt, update: Bool): BHTResp = {
+  def get(addr: UInt, bridx: UInt, update: Bool): BHTResp = {
     val res = new BHTResp
-    val aligned_addr = fetch_addr >> UInt(logfw + 2)
-    val index = aligned_addr ^ history
-    val counters = table(index)
-    res.value := (counters >> (bridx<<1)) & Bits(0x3)
+    val index = addr(nbhtbits+1,2) ^ history
+    res.value := table(index)
     res.history := history
     val taken = res.value(0)
     when (update) { history := Cat(taken, history(nbhtbits-1,1)) }
     res
   }
   def update(addr: UInt, d: BHTResp, taken: Bool, mispredict: Bool): Unit = {
-    val aligned_addr = addr >> UInt(logfw + 2)
-    val index = aligned_addr ^ d.history
-    val new_cntr = Cat(taken, (d.value(1) & d.value(0)) | ((d.value(1) | d.value(0)) & taken))
-    var bridx: UInt = null
-    if (logfw == 0) bridx = UInt(0) else bridx = addr(logfw+1,2)
-    val mask = Bits(0x3) << (bridx<<1)
-    table.write(index, new_cntr, mask) 
+    val index = addr(nbhtbits+1,2) ^ d.history
+    table(index) := Cat(taken, (d.value(1) & d.value(0)) | ((d.value(1) | d.value(0)) & taken))
     when (mispredict) { history := Cat(taken, d.history(nbhtbits-1,1)) }
   }
 
-  private val table = Mem(UInt(width = 2*fetchwidth), nbht)
+  private val table = Mem(UInt(width = 2), nbht)
   val history = Reg(UInt(width = nbhtbits))
 }
 
 // BTB update occurs during branch resolution.
 //  - "pc" is what future fetch PCs will tag match against.
 //  - "br_pc" is the PC of the branch instruction.
+//  - "bridx" is the low-order PC bits of the predicted branch.
 //  - "resp.mask" provides a mask of valid instructions (instructions are
 //      masked off by the predicted taken branch).
 class BTBUpdate extends Bundle with BTBParameters {
@@ -107,7 +96,8 @@ class BTBUpdate extends Bundle with BTBParameters {
 
 class BTBResp extends Bundle with BTBParameters {
   val taken = Bool()
-  val mask = Bits(width = log2Up(params(FetchWidth)))
+  val mask = Bits(width = params(FetchWidth))
+  val bridx = Bits(width = log2Up(params(FetchWidth)))
   val target = UInt(width = vaddrBits)
   val entry = UInt(width = opaqueBits)
   val bht = new BHTResp
@@ -232,13 +222,14 @@ class BTB extends Module with BTBParameters {
   io.resp.bits.target := Cat(Mux1H(Mux1H(hits, tgtPagesOH), pages), Mux1H(hits, tgts))
   io.resp.bits.entry := OHToUInt(hits)
   io.resp.bits.mask := Cat((UInt(1) << brIdx(io.resp.bits.entry))-1, UInt(1)) 
+  io.resp.bits.bridx := brIdx(io.resp.bits.entry)
 
   if (nBHT > 0) {
-    val bht = new BHT(nBHT, params(FetchWidth))
+    val bht = new BHT(nBHT)
     val res = bht.get(io.req.bits.addr, brIdx(io.resp.bits.entry), io.req.valid && hits.orR && !Mux1H(hits, isJump))
     val update_btb_hit = io.update.bits.prediction.valid
     when (io.update.valid && update_btb_hit && !io.update.bits.isJump) {
-      bht.update(io.update.bits.br_pc, io.update.bits.prediction.bits.bht,
+      bht.update(io.update.bits.pc, io.update.bits.prediction.bits.bht,
                  io.update.bits.taken, io.update.bits.incorrectTarget)
     }
     when (!res.value(0) && !Mux1H(hits, isJump)) { io.resp.bits.taken := false }