diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/flow/layers/performance_overlay_layer_unittests.cc b/engine/src/flutter/flow/layers/performance_overlay_layer_unittests.cc
index 37432714e2..0fe52300cb 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/flow/layers/performance_overlay_layer_unittests.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/flow/layers/performance_overlay_layer_unittests.cc
@@ -170,6 +170,13 @@ TEST_F(PerformanceOverlayLayerTest, SimpleRasterizerStatistics) {
   SkPaint text_paint;
   text_paint.setColor(SK_ColorGRAY);
   SkPoint text_position = SkPoint::Make(16.0f, 22.0f);
+
+  // TODO(https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/82202): Remove once the
+  // performance overlay can use Fuchsia's font manager instead of the empty
+  // default.
+#if defined(OS_FUCHSIA)
+  GTEST_SKIP() << "Expectation requires a valid default font manager";
+#endif  // OS_FUCHSIA
   EXPECT_EQ(mock_canvas().draw_calls(),
             std::vector({MockCanvas::DrawCall{
                 0, MockCanvas::DrawTextData{overlay_text_data, text_paint,