diff --git a/third_party/txt/src/txt/asset_data_provider.cc b/third_party/txt/src/txt/asset_data_provider.cc
index 6b1b841240609..fa35cc08539bb 100644
--- a/third_party/txt/src/txt/asset_data_provider.cc
+++ b/third_party/txt/src/txt/asset_data_provider.cc
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ AssetFontStyleSet* AssetDataProvider::MatchFamily(
   if (found == registered_families_.end()) {
     return nullptr;
   }
-  return &found->second;
+  return SkRef(&found->second);
 }
 
 void AssetDataProvider::RegisterTypeface(sk_sp<SkTypeface> typeface) {
diff --git a/third_party/txt/src/txt/asset_font_style_set.cc b/third_party/txt/src/txt/asset_font_style_set.cc
index 7b145d56617f8..c0ebcf78e2aba 100644
--- a/third_party/txt/src/txt/asset_font_style_set.cc
+++ b/third_party/txt/src/txt/asset_font_style_set.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ SkTypeface* AssetFontStyleSet::createTypeface(int index) {
   if (index_cast >= typefaces_.size()) {
     return nullptr;
   }
-  return typefaces_[index_cast].get();
+  return SkRef(typefaces_[index_cast].get());
 }
 
 SkTypeface* AssetFontStyleSet::matchStyle(const SkFontStyle& pattern) {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ SkTypeface* AssetFontStyleSet::matchStyle(const SkFontStyle& pattern) {
     if (typeface->fontStyle() == pattern)
       return typeface.get();
 
-  return typefaces_[0].get();
+  return SkRef(typefaces_[0].get());
 }
 
 }  // namespace txt
diff --git a/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.cc b/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.cc
index c74b0d913c416..28ca6cd469295 100644
--- a/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.cc
+++ b/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.cc
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ FontCollection::GetMinikinFontCollectionForFamily(const std::string& family) {
   }
 
   for (sk_sp<SkFontMgr>& manager : GetFontManagerOrder()) {
-    auto font_style_set = manager->matchFamily(family.c_str());
+    sk_sp<SkFontStyleSet> font_style_set(manager->matchFamily(family.c_str()));
     if (font_style_set == nullptr || font_style_set->count() == 0) {
       continue;
     }
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ FontCollection::GetMinikinFontCollectionForFamily(const std::string& family) {
     for (int i = 0, style_count = font_style_set->count(); i < style_count;
          ++i) {
       // Create the skia typeface.
-      auto skia_typeface =
-          sk_ref_sp<SkTypeface>(font_style_set->createTypeface(i));
+      sk_sp<SkTypeface> skia_typeface(
+          sk_sp<SkTypeface>(font_style_set->createTypeface(i)));
       if (skia_typeface == nullptr) {
         continue;
       }