diff --git a/src/fonts/SkTestScalerContext.h b/src/fonts/SkTestScalerContext.h
index 1d4b89a..5838c80 100644
--- a/src/fonts/SkTestScalerContext.h
+++ b/src/fonts/SkTestScalerContext.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
         uint32_t glyphIDsCount) const override;
 
     SkStreamAsset* onOpenStream(int* ttcIndex) const override {
-        SkASSERT(0);  // don't expect to get here
         return NULL;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLPathRendering.cpp b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLPathRendering.cpp
index ae83395..e81d54c 100644
--- a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLPathRendering.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLPathRendering.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@
     }
 
     int faceIndex;
-    SkAutoTDelete<SkStream> fontStream(typeface->openStream(&faceIndex));
+    SkStreamAsset* asset = typeface->openStream(&faceIndex);
+    if (!asset) {
+        return GrPathRendering::createGlyphs(typeface, NULL, stroke);
+    }
+    SkAutoTDelete<SkStream> fontStream(asset);
 
     const size_t fontDataLength = fontStream->getLength();
     if (0 == fontDataLength) {