diff --git a/plugins/text-freetype2/text-functionality.c b/plugins/text-freetype2/text-functionality.c
index 15e816d08..40c4c0079 100644
--- a/plugins/text-freetype2/text-functionality.c
+++ b/plugins/text-freetype2/text-functionality.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ void cache_glyphs(struct ft2_source *srcdata, wchar_t *cache_glyphs)
 	FT_GlyphSlot slot;
 	FT_UInt glyph_index = 0;
 
-	if (!srcdata->font_face)
+	if (!srcdata->font_face || !cache_glyphs)
 		return;
 
 	slot = srcdata->font_face->glyph;