diff --git a/include/gpu/SkGpuDevice.h b/include/gpu/SkGpuDevice.h
index a1d00ba..0a5f36e 100644
--- a/include/gpu/SkGpuDevice.h
+++ b/include/gpu/SkGpuDevice.h
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 public:
     /**
      *  New device that will create an offscreen renderTarget based on the
-     *  config, width, height. The device's storage will not count against
-     *  the GrContext's texture cache budget. The device's pixels will be
-     *  uninitialized.
+     *  config, width, height, and sampleCount. The device's storage will not 
+     *  count against the GrContext's texture cache budget. The device's pixels 
+     *  will be uninitialized.
      */
-    SkGpuDevice(GrContext*, SkBitmap::Config, int width, int height);
+    SkGpuDevice(GrContext*, SkBitmap::Config, int width, int height, int sampleCount = 0);
 
     /**
      *  New device that will render to the specified renderTarget.
diff --git a/src/gpu/GrGpu.cpp b/src/gpu/GrGpu.cpp
index 542c458..57eb085 100644
--- a/src/gpu/GrGpu.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/GrGpu.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@
 
 GrTexture* GrGpu::createTexture(const GrTextureDesc& desc,
                                 const void* srcData, size_t rowBytes) {
+    if (kUnknown_GrPixelConfig == desc.fConfig) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     this->handleDirtyContext();
     GrTexture* tex = this->onCreateTexture(desc, srcData, rowBytes);
     if (NULL != tex &&
diff --git a/src/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp b/src/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp
index 8f62e28..b0f4ac1 100644
--- a/src/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@
 SkGpuDevice::SkGpuDevice(GrContext* context,
                          SkBitmap::Config config,
                          int width,
-                         int height)
+                         int height,
+                         int sampleCount)
     : SkDevice(config, width, height, false /*isOpaque*/) {
 
     fDrawProcs = NULL;
@@ -218,14 +219,13 @@
     if (config != SkBitmap::kRGB_565_Config) {
         config = SkBitmap::kARGB_8888_Config;
     }
-    SkBitmap bm;
-    bm.setConfig(config, width, height);
 
     GrTextureDesc desc;
     desc.fFlags = kRenderTarget_GrTextureFlagBit;
     desc.fWidth = width;
     desc.fHeight = height;
-    desc.fConfig = SkBitmapConfig2GrPixelConfig(bm.config());
+    desc.fConfig = SkBitmapConfig2GrPixelConfig(config);
+    desc.fSampleCnt = sampleCount;
 
     SkAutoTUnref<GrTexture> texture(fContext->createUncachedTexture(desc, NULL, 0));