diff --git a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_font_dir.c b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_font_dir.c
index a4d59bc17c..1eed53a40c 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_font_dir.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_font_dir.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ evas_font_load(Evas *eo_evas, Evas_Font_Description *fdesc, const char *source,
 				 int fsize = 0;
 
 				 fdata = eet_read(ef, nm, &fsize);
-				 if ((fdata) && (fsize > 0))
+				 if (fdata)
 				   {
 				      font = evas->engine.func->font_memory_load(evas->engine.data.output, source, nm, size, fdata, fsize, wanted_rend);
 				      free(fdata);
diff --git a/src/lib/evas/common/evas_font_load.c b/src/lib/evas/common/evas_font_load.c
index 8b1991efe5..92fdd243c8 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/common/evas_font_load.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/common/evas_font_load.c
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ evas_common_font_source_memory_load(const char *name, const void *data, int data
    RGBA_Font_Source *fs;
 
    assert(name != NULL);
+   if (data_size <= 0) return NULL;
    fs = calloc(1, sizeof(RGBA_Font_Source) + data_size);
    if (!fs) return NULL;
    fs->data = ((unsigned char *)fs) + sizeof(RGBA_Font_Source);