1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/vcl/win/gdi/winlayout.cxx b/vcl/win/gdi/winlayout.cxx
index 0682c4d9c2ad..6f33aaba63e5 100644
--- a/vcl/win/gdi/winlayout.cxx
+++ b/vcl/win/gdi/winlayout.cxx
@@ -478,6 +478,11 @@ bool D2DWriteTextOutRenderer::performRender(CommonSalLayout const & rLayout, Sal
         bRetry = true;
         return false;
     }
+    if (FAILED(hr))
+    {
+        // If for any reason we can't bind fallback to legacy APIs.
+        return ExTextOutRenderer()(rLayout, rGraphics, hDC);
+    }
 
     mlfEmHeight = 0;
     if (!GetDWriteFaceFromHDC(hDC, &mpFontFace, &mlfEmHeight))