diff --git a/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/MultipleSubstSubtables.cpp b/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/MultipleSubstSubtables.cpp
index 5ed9a3a532cb5b36856025691953c573ff9bf9dd..e6e7d533eb66078c1000c52b26e8d46248eb5db7 100644
--- a/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/MultipleSubstSubtables.cpp
+++ b/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/MultipleSubstSubtables.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ le_uint32 MultipleSubstitutionSubtable::process(const LETableReference &base, Gl
     if (coverageIndex >= 0 && coverageIndex < seqCount) {
         Offset sequenceTableOffset = SWAPW(sequenceTableOffsetArray[coverageIndex]);
         LEReferenceTo<SequenceTable>   sequenceTable(base, success, sequenceTableOffset);
+        if (LE_FAILURE(success)) {
+            return 0;
+        }
         le_uint16 glyphCount = SWAPW(sequenceTable->glyphCount);
 
         if (glyphCount == 0) {