diff --git a/src/effects/gradients/SkGradientShader.cpp b/src/effects/gradients/SkGradientShader.cpp
index 5f09836..21bf885 100644
--- a/src/effects/gradients/SkGradientShader.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/gradients/SkGradientShader.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 #include "SkTwoPointConicalGradient.h"
 #include "SkSweepGradient.h"
 
-SkGradientShaderBase::SkGradientShaderBase(const Descriptor& desc, const SkMatrix* localMatrix)
-    : INHERITED(localMatrix)
+SkGradientShaderBase::SkGradientShaderBase(const Descriptor& desc)
+    : INHERITED(desc.fLocalMatrix)
 {
     SkASSERT(desc.fCount > 1);
 
@@ -711,14 +711,14 @@
     } while (0)
 
 static void desc_init(SkGradientShaderBase::Descriptor* desc,
-                      const SkColor colors[],
-                      const SkScalar pos[], int colorCount,
-                      SkShader::TileMode mode, uint32_t flags) {
+                      const SkColor colors[], const SkScalar pos[], int colorCount,
+                      SkShader::TileMode mode, uint32_t flags, const SkMatrix* localMatrix) {
     desc->fColors       = colors;
     desc->fPos          = pos;
     desc->fCount        = colorCount;
     desc->fTileMode     = mode;
     desc->fGradFlags    = flags;
+    desc->fLocalMatrix  = localMatrix;
 }
 
 SkShader* SkGradientShader::CreateLinear(const SkPoint pts[2],
@@ -733,8 +733,8 @@
     EXPAND_1_COLOR(colorCount);
 
     SkGradientShaderBase::Descriptor desc;
-    desc_init(&desc, colors, pos, colorCount, mode, flags);
-    return SkNEW_ARGS(SkLinearGradient, (pts, desc, localMatrix));
+    desc_init(&desc, colors, pos, colorCount, mode, flags, localMatrix);
+    return SkNEW_ARGS(SkLinearGradient, (pts, desc));
 }
 
 SkShader* SkGradientShader::CreateRadial(const SkPoint& center, SkScalar radius,
@@ -749,8 +749,8 @@
     EXPAND_1_COLOR(colorCount);
 
     SkGradientShaderBase::Descriptor desc;
-    desc_init(&desc, colors, pos, colorCount, mode, flags);
-    return SkNEW_ARGS(SkRadialGradient, (center, radius, desc, localMatrix));
+    desc_init(&desc, colors, pos, colorCount, mode, flags, localMatrix);
+    return SkNEW_ARGS(SkRadialGradient, (center, radius, desc));
 }
 
 SkShader* SkGradientShader::CreateTwoPointRadial(const SkPoint& start,
@@ -769,9 +769,9 @@
     EXPAND_1_COLOR(colorCount);
 
     SkGradientShaderBase::Descriptor desc;
-    desc_init(&desc, colors, pos, colorCount, mode, flags);
+    desc_init(&desc, colors, pos, colorCount, mode, flags, localMatrix);
     return SkNEW_ARGS(SkTwoPointRadialGradient,
-                      (start, startRadius, end, endRadius, desc, localMatrix));
+                      (start, startRadius, end, endRadius, desc));
 }
 
 SkShader* SkGradientShader::CreateTwoPointConical(const SkPoint& start,
@@ -798,9 +798,9 @@
     SkGradientShaderBase::Descriptor desc;
 
     if (!flipGradient) {
-        desc_init(&desc, colors, pos, colorCount, mode, flags);
+        desc_init(&desc, colors, pos, colorCount, mode, flags, localMatrix);
         return SkNEW_ARGS(SkTwoPointConicalGradient,
-                          (start, startRadius, end, endRadius, flipGradient, desc, localMatrix));
+                          (start, startRadius, end, endRadius, flipGradient, desc));
     } else {
         SkAutoSTArray<8, SkColor> colorsNew(colorCount);
         SkAutoSTArray<8, SkScalar> posNew(colorCount);
@@ -812,13 +812,13 @@
             for (int i = 0; i < colorCount; ++i) {
                 posNew[i] = 1 - pos[colorCount - i - 1];
             }
-            desc_init(&desc, colorsNew.get(), posNew.get(), colorCount, mode, flags);
+            desc_init(&desc, colorsNew.get(), posNew.get(), colorCount, mode, flags, localMatrix);
         } else {
-            desc_init(&desc, colorsNew.get(), NULL, colorCount, mode, flags);
+            desc_init(&desc, colorsNew.get(), NULL, colorCount, mode, flags, localMatrix);
         }
 
         return SkNEW_ARGS(SkTwoPointConicalGradient,
-                          (end, endRadius, start, startRadius, flipGradient, desc, localMatrix));
+                          (end, endRadius, start, startRadius, flipGradient, desc));
     }
 }
 
@@ -834,8 +834,8 @@
     EXPAND_1_COLOR(colorCount);
 
     SkGradientShaderBase::Descriptor desc;
-    desc_init(&desc, colors, pos, colorCount, SkShader::kClamp_TileMode, flags);
-    return SkNEW_ARGS(SkSweepGradient, (cx, cy, desc, localMatrix));
+    desc_init(&desc, colors, pos, colorCount, SkShader::kClamp_TileMode, flags, localMatrix);
+    return SkNEW_ARGS(SkSweepGradient, (cx, cy, desc));
 }
 
 SK_DEFINE_FLATTENABLE_REGISTRAR_GROUP_START(SkGradientShader)
diff --git a/src/effects/gradients/SkGradientShaderPriv.h b/src/effects/gradients/SkGradientShaderPriv.h
index ca0f417..1787e24 100644
--- a/src/effects/gradients/SkGradientShaderPriv.h
+++ b/src/effects/gradients/SkGradientShaderPriv.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
             fTileMode = SkShader::kClamp_TileMode;
         }
 
+        const SkMatrix*     fLocalMatrix;
         const SkColor*      fColors;
         const SkScalar*     fPos;
         int                 fCount;
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@
     };
 
 public:
-    SkGradientShaderBase(const Descriptor& desc, const SkMatrix* localMatrix);
+    SkGradientShaderBase(const Descriptor& desc);
     virtual ~SkGradientShaderBase();
 
     // The cache is initialized on-demand when getCache16/32 is called.
diff --git a/src/effects/gradients/SkLinearGradient.cpp b/src/effects/gradients/SkLinearGradient.cpp
index 9de4591..4f85da3 100644
--- a/src/effects/gradients/SkLinearGradient.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/gradients/SkLinearGradient.cpp
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-SkLinearGradient::SkLinearGradient(const SkPoint pts[2], const Descriptor& desc,
-                                   const SkMatrix* localMatrix)
-    : SkGradientShaderBase(desc, localMatrix)
+SkLinearGradient::SkLinearGradient(const SkPoint pts[2], const Descriptor& desc)
+    : SkGradientShaderBase(desc)
     , fStart(pts[0])
-    , fEnd(pts[1]) {
+    , fEnd(pts[1])
+{
     pts_to_unit_matrix(pts, &fPtsToUnit);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/effects/gradients/SkLinearGradient.h b/src/effects/gradients/SkLinearGradient.h
index 41d0152..65d8bfd 100644
--- a/src/effects/gradients/SkLinearGradient.h
+++ b/src/effects/gradients/SkLinearGradient.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 class SkLinearGradient : public SkGradientShaderBase {
 public:
-    SkLinearGradient(const SkPoint pts[2], const Descriptor&, const SkMatrix* localMatrix);
+    SkLinearGradient(const SkPoint pts[2], const Descriptor&);
 
     virtual size_t contextSize() const SK_OVERRIDE;
 
diff --git a/src/effects/gradients/SkRadialGradient.cpp b/src/effects/gradients/SkRadialGradient.cpp
index 8a378aa..a6a2e36 100644
--- a/src/effects/gradients/SkRadialGradient.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/gradients/SkRadialGradient.cpp
@@ -145,11 +145,10 @@
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-SkRadialGradient::SkRadialGradient(const SkPoint& center, SkScalar radius,
-                                   const Descriptor& desc, const SkMatrix* localMatrix)
-    : SkGradientShaderBase(desc, localMatrix),
-      fCenter(center),
-      fRadius(radius)
+SkRadialGradient::SkRadialGradient(const SkPoint& center, SkScalar radius, const Descriptor& desc)
+    : SkGradientShaderBase(desc)
+    , fCenter(center)
+    , fRadius(radius)
 {
     // make sure our table is insync with our current #define for kSQRT_TABLE_SIZE
     SkASSERT(sizeof(gSqrt8Table) == kSQRT_TABLE_SIZE);
diff --git a/src/effects/gradients/SkRadialGradient.h b/src/effects/gradients/SkRadialGradient.h
index ac79a57..b7dbcbd 100644
--- a/src/effects/gradients/SkRadialGradient.h
+++ b/src/effects/gradients/SkRadialGradient.h
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 
 class SkRadialGradient : public SkGradientShaderBase {
 public:
-    SkRadialGradient(const SkPoint& center, SkScalar radius, const Descriptor&,
-                     const SkMatrix* localMatrix);
+    SkRadialGradient(const SkPoint& center, SkScalar radius, const Descriptor&);
 
     virtual size_t contextSize() const SK_OVERRIDE;
 
diff --git a/src/effects/gradients/SkSweepGradient.cpp b/src/effects/gradients/SkSweepGradient.cpp
index 66e755a..a539216 100644
--- a/src/effects/gradients/SkSweepGradient.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/gradients/SkSweepGradient.cpp
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
 
 #include "SkSweepGradient.h"
 
-SkSweepGradient::SkSweepGradient(SkScalar cx, SkScalar cy,
-                                 const Descriptor& desc, const SkMatrix* localMatrix)
-    : SkGradientShaderBase(desc, localMatrix)
+SkSweepGradient::SkSweepGradient(SkScalar cx, SkScalar cy, const Descriptor& desc)
+    : SkGradientShaderBase(desc)
     , fCenter(SkPoint::Make(cx, cy))
 {
     fPtsToUnit.setTranslate(-cx, -cy);
diff --git a/src/effects/gradients/SkSweepGradient.h b/src/effects/gradients/SkSweepGradient.h
index 7404ac7..5c46061 100644
--- a/src/effects/gradients/SkSweepGradient.h
+++ b/src/effects/gradients/SkSweepGradient.h
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 
 class SkSweepGradient : public SkGradientShaderBase {
 public:
-    SkSweepGradient(SkScalar cx, SkScalar cy, const Descriptor&,
-                    const SkMatrix* localMatrix);
+    SkSweepGradient(SkScalar cx, SkScalar cy, const Descriptor&);
 
     virtual size_t contextSize() const SK_OVERRIDE;
 
diff --git a/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointConicalGradient.cpp b/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointConicalGradient.cpp
index bb702ff..91856c8 100644
--- a/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointConicalGradient.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointConicalGradient.cpp
@@ -196,14 +196,14 @@
 SkTwoPointConicalGradient::SkTwoPointConicalGradient(
         const SkPoint& start, SkScalar startRadius,
         const SkPoint& end, SkScalar endRadius,
-        bool flippedGrad, const Descriptor& desc,
-        const SkMatrix* localMatrix)
-    : SkGradientShaderBase(desc, localMatrix),
-    fCenter1(start),
-    fCenter2(end),
-    fRadius1(startRadius),
-    fRadius2(endRadius),
-    fFlippedGrad(flippedGrad) {
+        bool flippedGrad, const Descriptor& desc)
+    : SkGradientShaderBase(desc)
+    , fCenter1(start)
+    , fCenter2(end)
+    , fRadius1(startRadius)
+    , fRadius2(endRadius)
+    , fFlippedGrad(flippedGrad)
+{
     // this is degenerate, and should be caught by our caller
     SkASSERT(fCenter1 != fCenter2 || fRadius1 != fRadius2);
     this->init();
diff --git a/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointConicalGradient.h b/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointConicalGradient.h
index 418c92d..fc39046 100644
--- a/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointConicalGradient.h
+++ b/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointConicalGradient.h
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@
 public:
     SkTwoPointConicalGradient(const SkPoint& start, SkScalar startRadius,
                               const SkPoint& end, SkScalar endRadius,
-                              bool flippedGrad, const Descriptor&,
-                              const SkMatrix* localMatrix);
+                              bool flippedGrad, const Descriptor&);
 
 
     virtual size_t contextSize() const SK_OVERRIDE;
diff --git a/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointRadialGradient.cpp b/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointRadialGradient.cpp
index 16b4da5..8a40822 100644
--- a/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointRadialGradient.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointRadialGradient.cpp
@@ -167,15 +167,15 @@
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-SkTwoPointRadialGradient::SkTwoPointRadialGradient(
-    const SkPoint& start, SkScalar startRadius,
-    const SkPoint& end, SkScalar endRadius,
-    const Descriptor& desc, const SkMatrix* localMatrix)
-    : SkGradientShaderBase(desc, localMatrix),
-      fCenter1(start),
-      fCenter2(end),
-      fRadius1(startRadius),
-      fRadius2(endRadius) {
+SkTwoPointRadialGradient::SkTwoPointRadialGradient(const SkPoint& start, SkScalar startRadius,
+                                                   const SkPoint& end, SkScalar endRadius,
+                                                   const Descriptor& desc)
+    : SkGradientShaderBase(desc)
+    , fCenter1(start)
+    , fCenter2(end)
+    , fRadius1(startRadius)
+    , fRadius2(endRadius)
+{
     init();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointRadialGradient.h b/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointRadialGradient.h
index dc3a155..73fa547 100644
--- a/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointRadialGradient.h
+++ b/src/effects/gradients/SkTwoPointRadialGradient.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 public:
     SkTwoPointRadialGradient(const SkPoint& start, SkScalar startRadius,
                               const SkPoint& end, SkScalar endRadius,
-                              const Descriptor&, const SkMatrix* localMatrix);
+                              const Descriptor&);
 
     virtual BitmapType asABitmap(SkBitmap* bitmap,
                                  SkMatrix* matrix,