diff --git a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLGpu.cpp b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLGpu.cpp
index bbbcf4c671..80c7f612a4 100644
--- a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLGpu.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLGpu.cpp
@@ -2309,6 +2309,16 @@ static bool read_pixels_pays_for_y_flip(GrSurfaceOrigin origin, const GrGLCaps&
 }
 
 bool GrGLGpu::readPixelsSupported(GrRenderTarget* target, GrPixelConfig readConfig) {
+#ifdef SK_BUILD_FOR_MAC
+    // Chromium may ask us to read back from locked IOSurfaces. Calling the command buffer's
+    // glGetIntegerv() with GL_IMPLEMENTATION_COLOR_READ_FORMAT/_TYPE causes the command buffer
+    // to make a call to check the framebuffer status which can hang the driver. So in Mac Chromium
+    // we always use a temporary surface to test for read pixels support.
+    // https://www.crbug.com/662802
+    if (this->glContext().driver() == kChromium_GrGLDriver) {
+        return this->readPixelsSupported(target->config(), readConfig);
+    }
+#endif
     auto bindRenderTarget = [this, target]() -> bool {
         this->flushRenderTarget(static_cast<GrGLRenderTarget*>(target), &SkIRect::EmptyIRect());
         return true;