diff --git a/src/ft2font.cpp b/src/ft2font.cpp
index 0fb3b8b65825..1d94adf26d40 100644
--- a/src/ft2font.cpp
+++ b/src/ft2font.cpp
@@ -846,6 +846,7 @@ PYCXX_NOARGS_METHOD_DECL(FT2Font, get_path)
 
 FT2Font::FT2Font(Py::PythonClassInstance *self, Py::Tuple &args, Py::Dict &kwds) :
     Py::PythonClass<FT2Font>(self, args, kwds),
+    face(NULL),
     image()
 {
     FT_Open_Args open_args;
@@ -975,11 +976,13 @@ FT2Font::~FT2Font()
 {
     _VERBOSE("FT2Font::~FT2Font");
 
-    FT_Done_Face(face);
+    if (face) {
+        FT_Done_Face(face);
 
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < glyphs.size(); i++)
-    {
-        FT_Done_Glyph(glyphs[i]);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < glyphs.size(); i++)
+        {
+            FT_Done_Glyph(glyphs[i]);
+        }
     }
 }