diff --git a/win32ss/gdi/ntgdi/freetype.c b/win32ss/gdi/ntgdi/freetype.c
index 58658684652..a85158f4e15 100644
--- a/win32ss/gdi/ntgdi/freetype.c
+++ b/win32ss/gdi/ntgdi/freetype.c
@@ -910,7 +910,8 @@ IntGdiLoadFontsFromMemory(PGDI_LOAD_FONT pLoadFont,
     Status = RtlAnsiStringToUnicodeString(&Entry->FaceName, &AnsiString, TRUE);
     if (NT_SUCCESS(Status))
     {
-        if (Face->style_name[0] && strcmp(Face->style_name, "Regular"))
+        if (Face->style_name && Face->style_name[0] &&
+            strcmp(Face->style_name, "Regular") != 0)
         {
             RtlInitAnsiString(&AnsiString, Face->style_name);
             Status = RtlAnsiStringToUnicodeString(&Entry->StyleName, &AnsiString, TRUE);
@@ -4057,7 +4058,6 @@ GetFontPenalty(const LOGFONTW *               LogFont,
 
     ASSERT(Otm);
     ASSERT(LogFont);
-    ASSERT(style_name);
 
     /* FIXME: Aspect Penalty 30 */
     /* FIXME: IntSizeSynth Penalty 20 */