diff --git a/src/fonts.js b/src/fonts.js
index 7b2dfbd4a..b16c2621a 100644
--- a/src/fonts.js
+++ b/src/fonts.js
@@ -418,7 +418,8 @@ var FontLoader = {
       document.documentElement.removeEventListener(
         'pdfjsFontLoad', checkFontsLoaded, false);
 
-      callback();
+      // Use timeout to fix chrome intermittent failures on font loading.
+      setTimeout(callback, 0);
       return true;
     }