diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/Type1Font.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/Type1Font.java
index a3b0cda3c86..90236ff64c1 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/Type1Font.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/Type1Font.java
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ public class Type1Font extends FileFont {
 
     protected synchronized FontScaler getScaler() {
         if (scaler == null) {
-            return FontManager.getScaler(this, 0, false, fileSize);
+            scaler = FontManager.getScaler(this, 0, false, fileSize);
         }
 
         return scaler;