diff --git a/include/gpu/GrContext.h b/include/gpu/GrContext.h
index d8a7f91..0cdb4fb 100644
--- a/include/gpu/GrContext.h
+++ b/include/gpu/GrContext.h
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@
     /// draw state is left unmodified.
     GrDrawTarget* prepareToDraw(const GrPaint*, BufferedDraw);
 
-    void internalDrawPath(GrDrawTarget* target, const GrPaint& paint, const SkPath& path,
+    void internalDrawPath(GrDrawTarget* target, bool useAA, const SkPath& path,
                           const SkStrokeRec& stroke);
 
     GrTexture* createResizedTexture(const GrTextureDesc& desc,
diff --git a/include/gpu/GrOvalRenderer.h b/include/gpu/GrOvalRenderer.h
index 0f6809d..a6ec52c 100644
--- a/include/gpu/GrOvalRenderer.h
+++ b/include/gpu/GrOvalRenderer.h
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@
     GrOvalRenderer() : fRRectIndexBuffer(NULL) {}
     ~GrOvalRenderer() {}
 
-    bool drawOval(GrDrawTarget* target, const GrContext* context, const GrPaint& paint,
+    bool drawOval(GrDrawTarget* target, const GrContext* context, bool useAA,
                   const GrRect& oval, const SkStrokeRec& stroke);
-    bool drawSimpleRRect(GrDrawTarget* target, GrContext* context, const GrPaint& paint,
+    bool drawSimpleRRect(GrDrawTarget* target, GrContext* context, bool useAA,
                          const SkRRect& rrect, const SkStrokeRec& stroke);
 
 private:
-    bool drawEllipse(GrDrawTarget* target, const GrPaint& paint,
+    bool drawEllipse(GrDrawTarget* target, bool useAA,
                      const GrRect& ellipse,
                      const SkStrokeRec& stroke);
-    void drawCircle(GrDrawTarget* target, const GrPaint& paint,
+    void drawCircle(GrDrawTarget* target, bool useAA,
                     const GrRect& circle,
                     const SkStrokeRec& stroke);
 
diff --git a/src/gpu/GrContext.cpp b/src/gpu/GrContext.cpp
index ab24072..2f4aea9 100644
--- a/src/gpu/GrContext.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/GrContext.cpp
@@ -980,10 +980,12 @@
     GrDrawTarget* target = this->prepareToDraw(&paint, BUFFERED_DRAW);
     GrDrawState::AutoStageDisable atr(fDrawState);
 
-    if (!fOvalRenderer->drawSimpleRRect(target, this, paint, rect, stroke)) {
+    bool prAA = paint.isAntiAlias() && !this->getRenderTarget()->isMultisampled();
+
+    if (!fOvalRenderer->drawSimpleRRect(target, this, prAA, rect, stroke)) {
         SkPath path;
         path.addRRect(rect);
-        this->internalDrawPath(target, paint, path, stroke);
+        this->internalDrawPath(target, prAA, path, stroke);
     }
 }
 
@@ -996,10 +998,12 @@
     GrDrawTarget* target = this->prepareToDraw(&paint, BUFFERED_DRAW);
     GrDrawState::AutoStageDisable atr(fDrawState);
 
-    if (!fOvalRenderer->drawOval(target, this, paint, oval, stroke)) {
+    bool useAA = paint.isAntiAlias() && !this->getRenderTarget()->isMultisampled();
+
+    if (!fOvalRenderer->drawOval(target, this, useAA, oval, stroke)) {
         SkPath path;
         path.addOval(oval);
-        this->internalDrawPath(target, paint, path, stroke);
+        this->internalDrawPath(target, useAA, path, stroke);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1022,18 +1026,17 @@
 
     SkRect ovalRect;
     bool isOval = path.isOval(&ovalRect);
+    bool useAA = paint.isAntiAlias() && !this->getRenderTarget()->isMultisampled();
 
     if (!isOval || path.isInverseFillType()
-        || !fOvalRenderer->drawOval(target, this, paint, ovalRect, stroke)) {
-        this->internalDrawPath(target, paint, path, stroke);
+        || !fOvalRenderer->drawOval(target, this, useAA, ovalRect, stroke)) {
+        this->internalDrawPath(target, useAA, path, stroke);
     }
 }
 
-void GrContext::internalDrawPath(GrDrawTarget* target, const GrPaint& paint, const SkPath& path,
+void GrContext::internalDrawPath(GrDrawTarget* target, bool useAA, const SkPath& path,
                                  const SkStrokeRec& stroke) {
 
-    bool prAA = paint.isAntiAlias() && !this->getRenderTarget()->isMultisampled();
-
     // An Assumption here is that path renderer would use some form of tweaking
     // the src color (either the input alpha or in the frag shader) to implement
     // aa. If we have some future driver-mojo path AA that can do the right
@@ -1042,11 +1045,11 @@
 #if GR_DEBUG
         //GrPrintf("Turning off AA to correctly apply blend.\n");
 #endif
-        prAA = false;
+        useAA = false;
     }
 
-    GrPathRendererChain::DrawType type = prAA ? GrPathRendererChain::kColorAntiAlias_DrawType :
-                                                GrPathRendererChain::kColor_DrawType;
+    GrPathRendererChain::DrawType type = useAA ? GrPathRendererChain::kColorAntiAlias_DrawType :
+                                                 GrPathRendererChain::kColor_DrawType;
 
     const SkPath* pathPtr = &path;
     SkPath tmpPath;
@@ -1074,7 +1077,7 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    pr->drawPath(*pathPtr, strokeRec, target, prAA);
+    pr->drawPath(*pathPtr, strokeRec, target, useAA);
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/gpu/GrOvalRenderer.cpp b/src/gpu/GrOvalRenderer.cpp
index 8309bf6..dd1e028 100644
--- a/src/gpu/GrOvalRenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/GrOvalRenderer.cpp
@@ -425,10 +425,10 @@
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-bool GrOvalRenderer::drawOval(GrDrawTarget* target, const GrContext* context, const GrPaint& paint,
-                    const GrRect& oval, const SkStrokeRec& stroke)
+bool GrOvalRenderer::drawOval(GrDrawTarget* target, const GrContext* context, bool useAA,
+                              const GrRect& oval, const SkStrokeRec& stroke)
 {
-    if (!paint.isAntiAlias()) {
+    if (!useAA) {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -437,11 +437,11 @@
     // we can draw circles
     if (SkScalarNearlyEqual(oval.width(), oval.height())
         && circle_stays_circle(vm)) {
-        drawCircle(target, paint, oval, stroke);
+        this->drawCircle(target, useAA, oval, stroke);
 
     // and axis-aligned ellipses only
     } else if (vm.rectStaysRect()) {
-        return drawEllipse(target, paint, oval, stroke);
+        return this->drawEllipse(target, useAA, oval, stroke);
 
     } else {
         return false;
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
 };
 
 void GrOvalRenderer::drawCircle(GrDrawTarget* target,
-                                const GrPaint& paint,
+                                bool useAA,
                                 const GrRect& circle,
                                 const SkStrokeRec& stroke)
 {
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
 };
 
 bool GrOvalRenderer::drawEllipse(GrDrawTarget* target,
-                                 const GrPaint& paint,
+                                 bool useAA,
                                  const GrRect& ellipse,
                                  const SkStrokeRec& stroke)
 {
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
     {
         // we should have checked for this previously
         bool isAxisAlignedEllipse = drawState->getViewMatrix().rectStaysRect();
-        SkASSERT(paint.isAntiAlias() && isAxisAlignedEllipse);
+        SkASSERT(useAA && isAxisAlignedEllipse);
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -742,15 +742,19 @@
     return fRRectIndexBuffer;
 }
 
-bool GrOvalRenderer::drawSimpleRRect(GrDrawTarget* target, GrContext* context,
-                                     const GrPaint& paint, const SkRRect& rrect,
-                                     const SkStrokeRec& stroke)
+bool GrOvalRenderer::drawSimpleRRect(GrDrawTarget* target, GrContext* context, bool useAA, 
+                                     const SkRRect& rrect, const SkStrokeRec& stroke)
 {
+    // only anti-aliased rrects for now
+    if (!useAA) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     const SkMatrix& vm = context->getMatrix();
 #ifdef SK_DEBUG
     {
         // we should have checked for this previously
-        SkASSERT(paint.isAntiAlias() && vm.rectStaysRect() && rrect.isSimple());
+        SkASSERT(useAA && vm.rectStaysRect() && rrect.isSimple());
     }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp b/src/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp
index 0ee17e8..a790cf2 100644
--- a/src/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@
     CHECK_FOR_NODRAW_ANNOTATION(paint);
     CHECK_SHOULD_DRAW(draw, false);
 
-    bool usePath = !rect.isSimple() || !paint.isAntiAlias();
+    bool usePath = !rect.isSimple();
     // another two reasons we might need to call drawPath...
     if (paint.getMaskFilter() || paint.getPathEffect()) {
         usePath = true;