diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout-common.hh b/src/hb-ot-layout-common.hh
index cc1af1572..ba6fab091 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout-common.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout-common.hh
@@ -693,7 +693,9 @@ struct Lookup
     unsigned int lookup_type = get_type ();
     TRACE_DISPATCH (this, lookup_type);
     unsigned int count = get_subtable_count ();
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+    {
+      if (unlikely (!subTable.arrayZ[i])) continue;
       typename context_t::return_t r = get_subtable<TSubTable> (i).dispatch (c, lookup_type);
       if (c->stop_sublookup_iteration (r))
 	return_trace (r);