1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/faces.el b/lisp/faces.el
index 8252d273f85..60e8e1a49c2 100644
--- a/lisp/faces.el
+++ b/lisp/faces.el
@@ -1157,12 +1157,16 @@ If SPEC is nil, return nil."
   (let ((tail spec)
         result)
     (while tail
-      (let* ((entry (car tail))
-             (display (nth 0 entry))
-             (attrs (nth 1 entry)))
-        (setq tail (cdr tail))
+      (let* ((entry (pop tail))
+             (display (car entry))
+             (attrs (cdr entry)))
         (when (face-spec-set-match-display display frame)
-          (setq result attrs tail nil))))
+          (setq result (if (listp (car attrs))
+                           ;; Old-style entry, the attribute list is the
+                           ;; first element.
+                           (car attrs)
+                         attrs)
+                tail nil))))
     result))