diff --git a/indra/llrender/llfontfreetype.cpp b/indra/llrender/llfontfreetype.cpp
index 91c8a37022aadbe6a8c06e5b10ae41b8bcde3b8d..66d4ad2d87dc57013039f769abd67a4cf1bbafeb 100644
--- a/indra/llrender/llfontfreetype.cpp
+++ b/indra/llrender/llfontfreetype.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ FT_Library gFTLibrary = NULL;
 //static
 void LLFontManager::initClass()
 {
-	gFontManagerp = new LLFontManager;
+	if (!gFontManagerp) 
+	{
+		gFontManagerp = new LLFontManager;
+	}
 }
 
 //static
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@ BOOL LLFontFreetype::loadFace(const std::string& filename, F32 point_size, F32 v
 		FT_Done_Face(mFTFace);
 		mFTFace = NULL;
 	}
-
+	
 	int error;
 
 	error = FT_New_Face( gFTLibrary,
diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewerwindow.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewerwindow.cpp
index 2479006eeb73dae9645bc03dc9b0607b525f44d2..22076417a64aeaf6826227153f0d1b8bb4da5578 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llviewerwindow.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewerwindow.cpp
@@ -4745,6 +4745,9 @@ void LLViewerWindow::initFonts(F32 zoom_factor)
 {
 	LLFontGL::destroyAllGL();
 	// Initialize with possibly different zoom factor
+
+	LLFontManager::initClass();
+
 	LLFontGL::initClass( gSavedSettings.getF32("FontScreenDPI"),
 								mDisplayScale.mV[VX] * zoom_factor,
 								mDisplayScale.mV[VY] * zoom_factor,