diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
index 51254f7727b..9c85438642a 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -1256,9 +1256,6 @@ QFontEngine *QWindowsFontDatabase::createEngine(const QFontDef &request, const Q
 
                     QFontDef fontDef = request;
                     fontDef.families = QStringList(QString::fromWCharArray(n));
-
-                    if (isColorFont)
-                        fedw->glyphFormat = QFontEngine::Format_ARGB;
                     fedw->initFontInfo(fontDef, dpi);
                     fe = fedw;
                 }
diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp
index 8027825b036..f7fc64a4993 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp
@@ -1030,6 +1030,10 @@ void QWindowsFontEngineDirectWrite::initFontInfo(const QFontDef &request,
             names->Release();
         }
 
+        // Color font
+        if (face3->GetPaletteEntryCount() > 0)
+            glyphFormat = QFontEngine::Format_ARGB;
+
         face3->Release();
     }
 #endif