diff --git a/skia/ext/SkDiscardableMemory_chrome.cc b/skia/ext/SkDiscardableMemory_chrome.cc
index 90adda1ea0b89f..3a56127b7a998f 100644
--- a/skia/ext/SkDiscardableMemory_chrome.cc
+++ b/skia/ext/SkDiscardableMemory_chrome.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <utility>
 
+#include "base/bind_helpers.h"
 #include "base/memory/discardable_memory.h"
 #include "base/memory/discardable_memory_allocator.h"
 
@@ -37,7 +38,10 @@ SkDiscardableMemoryChrome::CreateMemoryAllocatorDump(
 }
 
 SkDiscardableMemory* SkDiscardableMemory::Create(size_t bytes) {
-  return new SkDiscardableMemoryChrome(
-      base::DiscardableMemoryAllocator::GetInstance()
-          ->AllocateLockedDiscardableMemory(bytes));
+  // TODO(crbug.com/1034271): Make the caller handle a nullptr return value,
+  // and do not die when the allocation fails.
+  auto discardable = base::DiscardableMemoryAllocator::GetInstance()
+                         ->AllocateLockedDiscardableMemoryWithRetryOrDie(
+                             bytes, base::DoNothing());
+  return new SkDiscardableMemoryChrome(std::move(discardable));
 }