---
 lwlib/xlwmenu.c |   13 +++++--------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- lwlib/xlwmenu.c
+++ lwlib/xlwmenu.c	2018-06-15 05:50:45.749287186 +0000
@@ -2118,21 +2118,18 @@ XlwMenuInitialize (Widget request, Widge
 				   gray_width, gray_height,
 				   (unsigned long)1, (unsigned long)0, 1);
 
+  mw->menu.font = XLoadQueryFont (display, mw->menu.fontName);
 #if defined USE_CAIRO || defined HAVE_XFT
-  if (openXftFont (mw))
+  if (mw->menu.font || openXftFont (mw))
     ;
   else
 #endif
     {
-      mw->menu.font = XLoadQueryFont (display, mw->menu.fontName);
+      mw->menu.font = XLoadQueryFont (display, "fixed");
       if (!mw->menu.font)
         {
-          mw->menu.font = XLoadQueryFont (display, "fixed");
-          if (!mw->menu.font)
-            {
-              fprintf (stderr, "Menu font fixed not found, can't continue.\n");
-              emacs_abort ();
-            }
+          fprintf (stderr, "Menu font fixed not found, can't continue.\n");
+          emacs_abort ();
         }
     }