diff --git a/projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/make-load-google-fonts-more-resilient b/projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/make-load-google-fonts-more-resilient
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..474a586957ceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/make-load-google-fonts-more-resilient
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: compat
+
+Google Fonts: resolve occasional bug resulting in PHP 8 with latest Gutenberg.
diff --git a/projects/plugins/jetpack/modules/google-fonts/current/load-google-fonts.php b/projects/plugins/jetpack/modules/google-fonts/current/load-google-fonts.php
index 193a439532aab..7181d00549e2e 100644
--- a/projects/plugins/jetpack/modules/google-fonts/current/load-google-fonts.php
+++ b/projects/plugins/jetpack/modules/google-fonts/current/load-google-fonts.php
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ function jetpack_get_google_fonts_data() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return $data;
+	if ( is_array( $data ) && is_array( $data['fontFamilies'] ) ) {
+		return $data;
+	}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -56,15 +58,11 @@ function jetpack_get_google_fonts_data() {
  * @return object[] The map of the the available Google Fonts.
  */
 function jetpack_get_available_google_fonts_map( $google_fonts_data ) {
-	$font_families = isset( $google_fonts_data ) && isset( $google_fonts_data['fontFamilies'] )
-		? $google_fonts_data['fontFamilies']
-		: array();
-
 	$jetpack_google_fonts_list = array_map(
 		function ( $font_family ) {
 			return $font_family['name'];
 		},
-		$font_families
+		$google_fonts_data['fontFamilies']
 	);
 
 	/** This filter is documented in modules/google-fonts/wordpress-6.3/load-google-fonts.php */