diff --git a/test/fuzzing/hb-subset-fuzzer.cc b/test/fuzzing/hb-subset-fuzzer.cc
index 428765ea3..0addc6c86 100644
--- a/test/fuzzing/hb-subset-fuzzer.cc
+++ b/test/fuzzing/hb-subset-fuzzer.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ trySubset (hb_face_t *face,
 	   bool retain_gids)
 {
   hb_subset_input_t *input = hb_subset_input_create_or_fail ();
+	if (!input) return;
   hb_subset_input_set_drop_hints (input, drop_hints);
   hb_subset_input_set_retain_gids (input, retain_gids);
   hb_set_t *codepoints = hb_subset_input_unicode_set (input);