diff --git a/src/gpu/GrPipeline.cpp b/src/gpu/GrPipeline.cpp
index 07dc753..504d438 100644
--- a/src/gpu/GrPipeline.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/GrPipeline.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
     fXferProcessor = processors.refXferProcessor();
 
     if (args.fDstProxy.proxy()) {
-        if (!args.fDstProxy.proxy()->instantiate(args.fResourceProvider)) {
+        if (args.fResourceProvider->explicitlyAllocateGPUResources()) {
+            SkASSERT(args.fDstProxy.proxy()->isInstantiated());
+        } else if (!args.fDstProxy.proxy()->instantiate(args.fResourceProvider)) {
             this->markAsBad();
         }