diff --git a/src/common/fontcmn.cpp b/src/common/fontcmn.cpp
index df7590c806..467b747658 100644
--- a/src/common/fontcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/fontcmn.cpp
@@ -323,8 +323,11 @@ bool wxNativeFontInfo::FromString(const wxString& s)
     underlined = l != 0;
 
     faceName = tokenizer.GetNextToken();
+
+#ifndef __WXMAC__
     if( !faceName )
         return FALSE;
+#endif
 
     token = tokenizer.GetNextToken();
     if ( !token.ToLong(&l) )