1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/xfaces.c b/src/xfaces.c
index f78ecacee1a..aafd762b73b 100644
--- a/src/xfaces.c
+++ b/src/xfaces.c
@@ -3626,7 +3626,10 @@ merge_face_ref (f, face_ref, to, err_msgs, named_merge_points)
               Lisp_Object value = XCAR (XCDR (face_ref));
               int err = 0;
 
-              if (EQ (keyword, QCfamily))
+              /* Specifying `unspecified' is a no-op.  */
+              if (EQ (value, Qunspecified))
+                ;
+              else if (EQ (keyword, QCfamily))
                 {
                   if (STRINGP (value))
                     to[LFACE_FAMILY_INDEX] = value;