1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
index f9b36b48527..75e2f9d3381 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
@@ -761,6 +761,9 @@ QFontEngine *QWindowsFontDatabaseBase::fontEngine(const QByteArray &fontData, qr
         return nullptr;
 
     IDWriteFontFace *directWriteFontFace = createDirectWriteFace(fontData);
+    if (directWriteFontFace == nullptr)
+        return nullptr;
+
     fontEngine = new QWindowsFontEngineDirectWrite(directWriteFontFace,
                                                    pixelSize,
                                                    fontEngineData);