diff --git a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/basic/qbasicfontdatabase.cpp b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/basic/qbasicfontdatabase.cpp
index 5cfbc6cb4f3..ebe73bff161 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/basic/qbasicfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/basic/qbasicfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ QFontEngine *QBasicFontDatabase::fontEngine(const QFontDef &fontDef, QUnicodeTab
         delete engine;
         engine = 0;
     } else if (scriptRequiresOpenType(script)) {
-        HB_Face hbFace = engine->harfbuzzFace();
+        HB_Face hbFace = engine->initializedHarfbuzzFace();
         if (!hbFace || !hbFace->supported_scripts[script]) {
             delete engine;
             engine = 0;
diff --git a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
index 8a9670118fe..69ec3ba08a2 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ QFontEngine *QFontconfigDatabase::fontEngine(const QFontDef &f, QUnicodeTables::
         delete engine;
         engine = 0;
     } else if (scriptRequiresOpenType(script)) {
-        HB_Face hbFace = engine->harfbuzzFace();
+        HB_Face hbFace = engine->initializedHarfbuzzFace();
         if (!hbFace || !hbFace->supported_scripts[script]) {
             delete engine;
             engine = 0;