diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/NullFontScaler.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/NullFontScaler.java
index 739a8d95367..3d80f6d9b2e 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/NullFontScaler.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/NullFontScaler.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class NullFontScaler extends FontScaler {
     }
 
     int getNumGlyphs() throws FontScalerException {
-        return 0;
+        return 1;
     }
 
     int getMissingGlyphCode() throws FontScalerException {