1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ftfont.c b/src/ftfont.c
index cd76c292cd6..9fb50d3dba3 100644
--- a/src/ftfont.c
+++ b/src/ftfont.c
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ ftfont_open (f, entity, pixel_size)
     {
       int i;
 
-      font->font.average_width = 0;
+      font->font.average_width = font->font.space_width = 0;
       for (i = 32; i < 127; i++)
         {
           if (FT_Load_Char (ft_face, i, FT_LOAD_DEFAULT) != 0)