diff --git a/src/core/evaluator.js b/src/core/evaluator.js
index 031e051a4..d9e0b4953 100644
--- a/src/core/evaluator.js
+++ b/src/core/evaluator.js
@@ -1212,37 +1212,30 @@ class PartialEvaluator {
         fontRef = fontRes.getRaw(fontName);
       }
     }
-    if (!fontRef) {
-      const partialMsg = `Font "${
-        fontName || (font && font.toString())
-      }" is not available`;
-
-      if (!this.options.ignoreErrors && !this.parsingType3Font) {
-        warn(`${partialMsg}.`);
+    if (fontRef) {
+      if (this.parsingType3Font && this.type3FontRefs.has(fontRef)) {
         return errorFont();
       }
-      warn(`${partialMsg} -- attempting to fallback to a default font.`);
+
+      if (this.fontCache.has(fontRef)) {
+        return this.fontCache.get(fontRef);
+      }
+
+      font = xref.fetchIfRef(fontRef);
+    }
+
+    if (!(font instanceof Dict)) {
+      if (!this.options.ignoreErrors && !this.parsingType3Font) {
+        warn(`Font "${fontName}" is not available.`);
+        return errorFont();
+      }
+      warn(
+        `Font "${fontName}" is not available -- attempting to fallback to a default font.`
+      );
 
       // Falling back to a default font to avoid completely broken rendering,
       // but note that there're no guarantees that things will look "correct".
-      if (fallbackFontDict) {
-        fontRef = fallbackFontDict;
-      } else {
-        fontRef = PartialEvaluator.fallbackFontDict;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (this.parsingType3Font && this.type3FontRefs.has(fontRef)) {
-      return errorFont();
-    }
-
-    if (this.fontCache.has(fontRef)) {
-      return this.fontCache.get(fontRef);
-    }
-
-    font = xref.fetchIfRef(fontRef);
-    if (!(font instanceof Dict)) {
-      return errorFont();
+      font = fallbackFontDict || PartialEvaluator.fallbackFontDict;
     }
 
     // We are holding `font.cacheKey` references only for `fontRef`s that
@@ -4412,7 +4405,7 @@ class PartialEvaluator {
 
   static get fallbackFontDict() {
     const dict = new Dict();
-    dict.set("BaseFont", Name.get("PDFJS-FallbackFont"));
+    dict.set("BaseFont", Name.get("Helvetica"));
     dict.set("Type", Name.get("FallbackType"));
     dict.set("Subtype", Name.get("FallbackType"));
     dict.set("Encoding", Name.get("WinAnsiEncoding"));
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue16432.pdf.link b/test/pdfs/issue16432.pdf.link
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91da7bc8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pdfs/issue16432.pdf.link
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/files/11493613/inputFields-Flattened-Output.pdf
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index 8951d3d23..3af5133cc 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@
        "lastPage": 3,
        "type": "eq"
     },
+    {  "id": "issue16432",
+       "file": "pdfs/issue16432.pdf",
+       "md5": "b67b0324c307d8af43d11b0edec88e3e",
+       "rounds": 1,
+       "link": true,
+       "lastPage": 1,
+       "type": "eq"
+    },
     {  "id": "tracemonkey-fbf",
        "file": "pdfs/tracemonkey.pdf",
        "md5": "9a192d8b1a7dc652a19835f6f08098bd",