diff --git a/libs/hwui/jni/CreateJavaOutputStreamAdaptor.cpp b/libs/hwui/jni/CreateJavaOutputStreamAdaptor.cpp
index 15e529e169fc0..a66d3b860ade3 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/jni/CreateJavaOutputStreamAdaptor.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/jni/CreateJavaOutputStreamAdaptor.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #include "CreateJavaOutputStreamAdaptor.h"
 #include "SkData.h"
-#include "SkMalloc.h"
 #include "SkRefCnt.h"
 #include "SkStream.h"
 #include "SkTypes.h"
 #include "Utils.h"
 
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <nativehelper/JNIHelp.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
 #include <memory>
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ SkStream* CreateJavaInputStreamAdaptor(JNIEnv* env, jobject stream, jbyteArray s
     return JavaInputStreamAdaptor::Create(env, stream, storage, swallowExceptions);
 }
 
+static void free_pointer_skproc(const void* ptr, void*) {
+    free((void*)ptr);
+}
+
 sk_sp<SkData> CopyJavaInputStream(JNIEnv* env, jobject inputStream, jbyteArray storage) {
     std::unique_ptr<SkStream> stream(CreateJavaInputStreamAdaptor(env, inputStream, storage));
     if (!stream) {
@@ -186,19 +190,31 @@ sk_sp<SkData> CopyJavaInputStream(JNIEnv* env, jobject inputStream, jbyteArray s
     size_t bufferSize = 4096;
     size_t streamLen = 0;
     size_t len;
-    char* data = (char*)sk_malloc_throw(bufferSize);
+    char* data = (char*)malloc(bufferSize);
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(!data);
 
     while ((len = stream->read(data + streamLen,
                                bufferSize - streamLen)) != 0) {
         streamLen += len;
         if (streamLen == bufferSize) {
             bufferSize *= 2;
-            data = (char*)sk_realloc_throw(data, bufferSize);
+            data = (char*)realloc(data, bufferSize);
+            LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(!data);
         }
     }
-    data = (char*)sk_realloc_throw(data, streamLen);
-
-    return SkData::MakeFromMalloc(data, streamLen);
+    if (streamLen == 0) {
+        // realloc with size 0 is unspecified behavior in C++11
+        free(data);
+        data = nullptr;
+    } else {
+        // Trim down the buffer to the actual size of the data.
+        LOG_FATAL_IF(streamLen > bufferSize);
+        data = (char*)realloc(data, streamLen);
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(!data);
+    }
+    // Just in case sk_free differs from free, we ask Skia to use
+    // free to cleanup the buffer that SkData wraps.
+    return SkData::MakeWithProc(data, streamLen, free_pointer_skproc, nullptr);
 }
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////