1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/international/fontset.el b/lisp/international/fontset.el
index a3056afc01e..06c5ada9d25 100644
--- a/lisp/international/fontset.el
+++ b/lisp/international/fontset.el
@@ -320,10 +320,9 @@ automatically."
     ;; Be sure that ASCII font is available.
     (let ((slot (or (assq 'ascii fontlist) (assq 'ascii new-fontlist)))
           ascii-font)
-      (if (setq ascii-font (condition-case nil
-                               (x-resolve-font-name (cdr slot))
-                             (error nil)))
-          (setcdr slot ascii-font))
+      (setq ascii-font (condition-case nil
+                           (x-resolve-font-name (cdr slot))
+                         (error nil)))
       (if ascii-font
           (let ((l x-font-name-charset-alist))
             ;; If the ASCII font can also be used for another