diff --git a/src/java.desktop/unix/native/libawt/awt/fontconfigmanager.c b/src/java.desktop/unix/native/libawt/awt/fontconfigmanager.c
index 7587e28d5e30..7c00c8b55236 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/unix/native/libawt/awt/fontconfigmanager.c
+++ b/src/java.desktop/unix/native/libawt/awt/fontconfigmanager.c
@@ -299,10 +299,13 @@ JNIEXPORT int setupRenderingFontHints
     FcPattern *pattern, *matchPattern;
     FcResult result;
 
-    if (fcName == NULL) {
+    if (usingFontConfig() == false) {
         return -1;
     }
 
+    if (fcName == NULL) {
+        return -1;
+    }
     pattern = (*fcNameParse)((FcChar8 *)fcName);
     if (locale != NULL) {
         (*fcPatternAddString)(pattern, FC_LANG, (unsigned char*)locale);