diff --git a/reactos/include/win32k/text.h b/reactos/include/win32k/text.h
index 2f15da1c667..1c6beff9a94 100644
--- a/reactos/include/win32k/text.h
+++ b/reactos/include/win32k/text.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ typedef struct
 {
    LOGFONTW   logfont;
    FONTOBJ    *Font;
+   BOOLEAN Initialized; /* Don't reinitialize for each DC */
 } TEXTOBJ, *PTEXTOBJ;
 
 /*  Internal interface  */
diff --git a/reactos/subsys/win32k/objects/text.c b/reactos/subsys/win32k/objects/text.c
index 6497c5182da..7d10025c9e4 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/win32k/objects/text.c
+++ b/reactos/subsys/win32k/objects/text.c
@@ -2971,6 +2971,12 @@ TextIntRealizeFont(HFONT FontHandle)
       return STATUS_INVALID_HANDLE;
     }
 
+  if (TextObj->Initialized)
+    {
+      TEXTOBJ_UnlockText(FontHandle);
+      return STATUS_SUCCESS;
+    }
+
   if (! RtlCreateUnicodeString(&FaceName, TextObj->logfont.lfFaceName))
     {
       TEXTOBJ_UnlockText(FontHandle);
@@ -3003,6 +3009,7 @@ TextIntRealizeFont(HFONT FontHandle)
     }
   else
     {
+      TextObj->Initialized = TRUE;
       Status = STATUS_SUCCESS;
     }