diff --git a/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/contentstream/operator/text/SetFontAndSize.java b/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/contentstream/operator/text/SetFontAndSize.java
index 1c5228e0f1e..ddbd4de0bd1 100644
--- a/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/contentstream/operator/text/SetFontAndSize.java
+++ b/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/contentstream/operator/text/SetFontAndSize.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSName;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSNumber;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.state.PDTextState;
 
 /**
  * Tf: Set text font and size.
@@ -68,13 +69,14 @@ public void process(Operator operator, List<COSBase> arguments) throws IOExcepti
         COSName fontName = (COSName) base0;
         float fontSize = ((COSNumber) base1).floatValue();
         PDFStreamEngine context = getContext();
-        context.getGraphicsState().getTextState().setFontSize(fontSize);
+        PDTextState textState = context.getGraphicsState().getTextState();
+        textState.setFontSize(fontSize);
         PDFont font = context.getResources().getFont(fontName);
         if (font == null)
         {
             LOG.warn("font '{}' not found in resources", fontName.getName());
         }
-        context.getGraphicsState().getTextState().setFont(font);
+        textState.setFont(font);
     }
 
     @Override