diff --git a/src/core/fonts.js b/src/core/fonts.js
index a5bfc019a..febbf21c7 100644
--- a/src/core/fonts.js
+++ b/src/core/fonts.js
@@ -589,8 +589,6 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
     this.toUnicode = properties.toUnicode;
     this.encoding = properties.baseEncoding;
     this.seacMap = properties.seacMap;
-
-    this.loading = true;
   }
 
   Font.getFontID = (function () {
@@ -1261,7 +1259,6 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
         });
       }
       this.loadedName = fontName.split('-')[0];
-      this.loading = false;
       this.fontType = getFontType(type, subtype);
     },
 
@@ -2944,7 +2941,7 @@ var ErrorFont = (function ErrorFontClosure() {
   function ErrorFont(error) {
     this.error = error;
     this.loadedName = 'g_font_error';
-    this.loading = false;
+    this.missingFile = true;
   }
 
   ErrorFont.prototype = {
diff --git a/src/display/font_loader.js b/src/display/font_loader.js
index 5556bc708..26e569ce7 100644
--- a/src/display/font_loader.js
+++ b/src/display/font_loader.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ if (typeof PDFJSDev === 'undefined' || !PDFJSDev.test('MOZCENTRAL')) {
 
       // Add the font to the DOM only once or skip if the font
       // is already loaded.
-      if (font.attached || font.loading === false) {
+      if (font.attached || font.missingFile) {
         continue;
       }
       font.attached = true;