diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_draw.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_draw.c
index 2f7e66a5ed..e386fe2788 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_draw.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_draw.c
@@ -413,8 +413,7 @@ evas_common_font_draw_internal(RGBA_Image *dst, RGBA_Draw_Context *dc, RGBA_Font
    for (len = 0 ; text[len] && len < WORD_CACHE_MAXLEN ; len ++)
      ;
 
-
-   if (len < WORD_CACHE_MAXLEN){
+   if (len > 2 && len < WORD_CACHE_MAXLEN){
      struct prword *word = evas_font_word_prerender(dc, text, len, fn, fi,
 	   use_kerning);
      if (word){