diff --git a/resources/crbug769134.fil b/resources/crbug769134.fil
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8a79e8506
Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/crbug769134.fil differ
diff --git a/src/core/SkReadBuffer.h b/src/core/SkReadBuffer.h
index 0653ab6865..980e8cf80f 100644
--- a/src/core/SkReadBuffer.h
+++ b/src/core/SkReadBuffer.h
@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@ public:
 
     sk_sp<SkData> readByteArrayAsData() {
         size_t len = this->getArrayCount();
-        if (!this->validateAvailable(len)) {
+        void* buffer = sk_malloc_throw(len);
+        if (!this->readByteArray(buffer, len)) {
+            sk_free(buffer);
             return SkData::MakeEmpty();
         }
-        void* buffer = sk_malloc_throw(len);
-        this->readByteArray(buffer, len);
         return SkData::MakeFromMalloc(buffer, len);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/ImageFilterTest.cpp b/tests/ImageFilterTest.cpp
index db269f00e8..c39cc2ee83 100644
--- a/tests/ImageFilterTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/ImageFilterTest.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "SkTableColorFilter.h"
 #include "SkTileImageFilter.h"
 #include "SkXfermodeImageFilter.h"
+#include "Resources.h"
 #include "Test.h"
 #include "sk_tool_utils.h"
 
@@ -1717,6 +1718,18 @@ DEF_TEST(ImageFilterImageSourceSerialization, reporter) {
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, *bm.getAddr32(0, 0) == SkPreMultiplyColor(SK_ColorGREEN));
 }
 
+DEF_TEST(ImageFilterImageSourceUninitialized, r) {
+    sk_sp<SkData> data(GetResourceAsData("crbug769134.fil"));
+    if (!data) {
+        return;
+    }
+    sk_sp<SkImageFilter> unflattenedFilter = SkValidatingDeserializeImageFilter(data->data(),
+                                                                                data->size());
+    // This will fail. More importantly, msan will verify that we did not
+    // compare against uninitialized memory.
+    REPORTER_ASSERT(r, !unflattenedFilter);
+}
+
 static void test_large_blur_input(skiatest::Reporter* reporter, SkCanvas* canvas) {
     SkBitmap largeBmp;
     int largeW = 5000;