Index: cairo-1.17.6/src/cairo-ft-font.c
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--- cairo-1.17.6.orig/src/cairo-ft-font.c
+++ cairo-1.17.6/src/cairo-ft-font.c
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ _get_bitmap_surface (FT_Bitmap		     *bi
     width = bitmap->width;
     height = bitmap->rows;
 
-    if (width == 0 || height == 0) {
+    if (width == 0 || height == 0 || bitmap->buffer == NULL) {
 	*surface = (cairo_image_surface_t *)
 	    cairo_image_surface_create_for_data (NULL, format, 0, 0, 0);
 	return (*surface)->base.status;