1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/SkScalerContext.cpp b/src/core/SkScalerContext.cpp
index b8778282e2..6302a80dc1 100644
--- a/src/core/SkScalerContext.cpp
+++ b/src/core/SkScalerContext.cpp
@@ -805,6 +805,10 @@ std::unique_ptr<SkScalerContext> SkTypeface::createScalerContext(
         c = skstd::make_unique<SkScalerContext_Empty>(sk_ref_sp(const_cast<SkTypeface*>(this)),
                                                       effects, desc);
     }
+
+    // !allowFailure implies c != nullptr
+    SkASSERT(c || allowFailure);
+
     return c;
 }