diff --git a/src/shaders/gradients/SkLinearGradient.cpp b/src/shaders/gradients/SkLinearGradient.cpp
index 17c4fd3..aef7243 100644
--- a/src/shaders/gradients/SkLinearGradient.cpp
+++ b/src/shaders/gradients/SkLinearGradient.cpp
@@ -560,8 +560,21 @@
     SkPMColor c;
     Sk4f c4f255 = x;
     if (apply_alpha) {
+#ifdef SK_SUPPORT_LEGACY_GRADIENT_ALPHATRUNC
+        static constexpr float alphaScale = 1;
+#else
+        // Due to use of multiplication by the 1/255 reciprocal instead of division by 255,
+        // non-integer alpha values very close to their ceiling can push the color values
+        // above the alpha value, which will become an invalid premultiplied color. So nudge
+        // alpha up slightly by a compensating scale to keep it above the color values.
+        // To do this, multiply alpha by a number slightly greater than 1 to compensate
+        // for error in scaling from the 1/255 approximation. Since this error is then
+        // scaled by the alpha value, we need to scale the epsilon by 255 to get a safe
+        // upper bound on the error.
+        static constexpr float alphaScale = 1 + 255*std::numeric_limits<float>::epsilon();
+#endif
         const float scale = x[SkPM4f::A] * (1 / 255.f);
-        c4f255 *= Sk4f(scale, scale, scale, 1);
+        c4f255 *= Sk4f(scale, scale, scale, alphaScale);
     }
     SkNx_cast<uint8_t>(post_bias<apply_alpha>(c4f255, bias)).store(&c);