diff -r a0965f7bbb05 -r 4baf6faff689 jdk/src/java.desktop/unix/native/common/awt/awt_Font.c
--- a/jdk/src/java.desktop/unix/native/common/awt/awt_Font.c	Tue Dec 02 12:45:40 2014 +0300
+++ b/jdk/src/java.desktop/unix/native/common/awt/awt_Font.c	Tue Dec 02 12:47:12 2014 +0300
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@
         Disposer_AddRecord(env, font, pDataDisposeMethod, ptr_to_jlong(fdata));
         return fdata;
     } else {
+        JNU_CHECK_EXCEPTION_RETURN(env, NULL);
         Display *display = NULL;
         struct FontData *fdata = NULL;
         char fontSpec[1024];