diff --git a/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf.cc b/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf.cc
index 61c8a84234f..87d1234fb0b 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf.cc
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static int blf_search_by_filepath(const char *filepath)
 {
   for (int i = 0; i < BLF_MAX_FONT; i++) {
     const FontBLF *font = global_font[i];
-    if (font && (BLI_path_cmp(font->filepath, filepath) == 0)) {
+    if (font && font->filepath && (BLI_path_cmp(font->filepath, filepath) == 0)) {
       return i;
     }
   }