diff --git a/src/core/SkPathMeasure.cpp b/src/core/SkPathMeasure.cpp
index 04d19c2..0d4dcd4 100644
--- a/src/core/SkPathMeasure.cpp
+++ b/src/core/SkPathMeasure.cpp
@@ -147,11 +147,16 @@
 void SkPathMeasure::buildSegments() {
     SkPoint         pts[4];
     int             ptIndex = fFirstPtIndex;
-    SkScalar        d, distance = 0;
+    SkScalar        distance = 0;
     bool            isClosed = fForceClosed;
     bool            firstMoveTo = ptIndex < 0;
     Segment*        seg;
 
+    /*  Note:
+     *  as we accumulate distance, we have to check that the result of +=
+     *  actually made it larger, since a very small delta might be > 0, but
+     *  still have no effect on distance (if distance >>> delta).
+     */
     fSegments.reset();
     bool done = false;
     do {
@@ -166,32 +171,41 @@
                 firstMoveTo = false;
                 break;
 
-            case SkPath::kLine_Verb:
-                d = SkPoint::Distance(pts[0], pts[1]);
+            case SkPath::kLine_Verb: {
+                SkScalar d = SkPoint::Distance(pts[0], pts[1]);
                 SkASSERT(d >= 0);
+                SkScalar prevD = distance;
                 distance += d;
-                seg = fSegments.append();
-                seg->fDistance = distance;
-                seg->fPtIndex = ptIndex;
-                seg->fType = kLine_SegType;
-                seg->fTValue = kMaxTValue;
-                fPts.append(1, pts + 1);
-                ptIndex++;
-                break;
+                if (distance > prevD) {
+                    seg = fSegments.append();
+                    seg->fDistance = distance;
+                    seg->fPtIndex = ptIndex;
+                    seg->fType = kLine_SegType;
+                    seg->fTValue = kMaxTValue;
+                    fPts.append(1, pts + 1);
+                    ptIndex++;
+                }
+            } break;
 
-            case SkPath::kQuad_Verb:
+            case SkPath::kQuad_Verb: {
+                SkScalar prevD = distance;
                 distance = this->compute_quad_segs(pts, distance, 0,
                                                    kMaxTValue, ptIndex);
-                fPts.append(2, pts + 1);
-                ptIndex += 2;
-                break;
+                if (distance > prevD) {
+                    fPts.append(2, pts + 1);
+                    ptIndex += 2;
+                }
+            } break;
 
-            case SkPath::kCubic_Verb:
+            case SkPath::kCubic_Verb: {
+                SkScalar prevD = distance;
                 distance = this->compute_cubic_segs(pts, distance, 0,
                                                     kMaxTValue, ptIndex);
-                fPts.append(3, pts + 1);
-                ptIndex += 3;
-                break;
+                if (distance > prevD) {
+                    fPts.append(3, pts + 1);
+                    ptIndex += 3;
+                }
+            } break;
 
             case SkPath::kClose_Verb:
                 isClosed = true;
diff --git a/tests/PathMeasureTest.cpp b/tests/PathMeasureTest.cpp
index 3855a00..e636ff3 100644
--- a/tests/PathMeasureTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/PathMeasureTest.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,40 @@
 #include "Test.h"
 #include "SkPathMeasure.h"
 
+static void test_small_segment(skiatest::Reporter* reporter) {
+#ifdef SK_SCALAR_IS_FLOAT
+    SkPath path;
+    const SkPoint pts[] = {
+        { 100000, 100000},
+        // big jump between these points, makes a big segment
+        { 1.0005, 0.9999 },
+        // tiny (non-zero) jump between these points
+        { 1, 1 },
+    };
+        
+    path.moveTo(pts[0]);
+    for (size_t i = 1; i < SK_ARRAY_COUNT(pts); ++i) {
+        path.lineTo(pts[i]);
+    }
+    SkPathMeasure meas(path, false);
+
+    /*  this would assert (before a fix) because we added a segment with
+        the same length as the prev segment, due to the follow (bad) pattern
+
+        d = distance(pts[0], pts[1]);
+        distance += d;
+        seg->fDistance = distance;
+     
+        SkASSERT(d > 0);    // TRUE
+        SkASSERT(seg->fDistance > prevSeg->fDistance);  // FALSE
+
+        This 2nd assert failes because (distance += d) didn't affect distance
+        because distance >>> d.
+     */
+    meas.getLength();
+#endif
+}
+
 static void TestPathMeasure(skiatest::Reporter* reporter) {
     SkPath  path;
 
@@ -131,6 +165,8 @@
                             SkFloatToScalar(0.0001f)));
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, tangent.fX == -SK_Scalar1);
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, tangent.fY == 0);
+
+    test_small_segment(reporter);
 }
 
 #include "TestClassDef.h"