diff --git a/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/LookupTables.cpp b/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/LookupTables.cpp
index 6e7aa27957e01bb6c84b1bbc7205d3571d437df5..d51d0d77284382d652f222c5ce5eb1b9c70d7c97 100644
--- a/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/LookupTables.cpp
+++ b/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/LookupTables.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ const LookupSingle *BinarySearchLookupTable::lookupSingle(const LETableReference
     LEReferenceTo<LookupSingle> entry(base, success, entries);
     LEReferenceTo<LookupSingle> trial(entry, success, extra);
 
+    if (!LE_SUCCESS(success)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     if (SWAPW(trial->glyph) <= ttGlyph) {
         entry = trial;
     }