diff --git a/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp b/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp
index 8c11604..7aa14b2 100644
--- a/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp
+++ b/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@
     virtual ~SkScalerContext_FreeType();
 
     bool success() const {
-        return fFaceRec != NULL && fFTSize != NULL;
+        return fFaceRec != NULL &&
+               fFTSize != NULL &&
+               fFace != NULL;
     }
 
 protected:
@@ -761,10 +763,6 @@
     }
 
     FT_Face face = fFace;
-    if (!face) {
-        goto ERROR;
-    }
-
     int upem = face->units_per_EM;
     if (upem <= 0) {
         goto ERROR;