diff --git a/src/cairo-win32-font.c b/src/cairo-win32-font.c
index d99c261..5cdc3d7 100644
--- a/src/cairo-win32-font.c
+++ b/src/cairo-win32-font.c
@@ -970,18 +970,20 @@ _cairo_win32_scaled_font_init_glyph_metrics (cairo_win32_scaled_font_t *scaled_f
 	/* If we aren't rotating / skewing the axes, then we get the metrics
 	 * from the GDI in device space and convert to font space.
 	 */
 	status = cairo_win32_scaled_font_select_font (&scaled_font->base, hdc);
 	if (status)
 	    return status;
 
+	SetLastError(0);
 	if (GetGlyphOutlineW (hdc, _cairo_scaled_glyph_index (scaled_glyph),
 			      GGO_METRICS | GGO_GLYPH_INDEX,
 			      &metrics, 0, NULL, &matrix) == GDI_ERROR) {
-	  status = _cairo_win32_print_gdi_error ("_cairo_win32_scaled_font_init_glyph_metrics:GetGlyphOutlineW");
+	  if (GetLastError())
+		status = _cairo_win32_print_gdi_error ("_cairo_win32_scaled_font_init_glyph_metrics:GetGlyphOutlineW");
 	  memset (&metrics, 0, sizeof (GLYPHMETRICS));
 	}
 	cairo_win32_scaled_font_done_font (&scaled_font->base);
 	if (status)
 	    return status;
 
 	if (scaled_font->swap_axes) {