1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/fontset.c b/src/fontset.c
index 9f959b124e4..efccc780ed4 100644
--- a/src/fontset.c
+++ b/src/fontset.c
@@ -631,8 +631,7 @@ fontset_find_font (fontset, c, face, id, fallback)
           if (! EQ (RFONT_DEF_FONT_DEF (rfont_def), font_def))
             break;
           font_object = RFONT_DEF_OBJECT (AREF (vec, i));
-          xassert (! NILP (font_object));
-          if (font_has_char (f, font_object, c))
+          if (! NILP (font_object) && font_has_char (f, font_object, c))
             return rfont_def;
         }