diff -r 36b30720a997 -r 91e99bed64ae jdk/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/ThaiLayoutEngine.cpp
--- a/jdk/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/ThaiLayoutEngine.cpp	Tue Feb 26 10:07:26 2013 -0800
+++ b/jdk/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/ThaiLayoutEngine.cpp	Thu Mar 07 10:02:20 2013 -0800
@@ -134,11 +134,10 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    if (fTypoFlags & 0x1) { /* kerning enabled */
-      static const le_uint32 kernTableTag = LE_KERN_TABLE_TAG;
-
-      KernTable kt(fFontInstance, getFontTable(kernTableTag));
-      kt.process(glyphStorage);
+    if (fTypoFlags & LE_Kerning_FEATURE_FLAG) { /* kerning enabled */
+      LETableReference kernTable(fFontInstance, LE_KERN_TABLE_TAG, success);
+      KernTable kt(kernTable, success);
+      kt.process(glyphStorage, success);
     }
 
     // default is no adjustments