diff --git a/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c b/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c
index 02e809152..74499c17e 100644
--- a/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c
+++ b/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c
@@ -1009,6 +1009,9 @@
     FT_ItemVarDelta   returnValue;
 
 
+    if ( !face->blend->normalizedcoords )
+      return 0;
+
     /* OpenType 1.8.4+: No variation data for this item
      *  as indices have special value 0xFFFF. */
     if ( outerIndex == 0xFFFF && innerIndex == 0xFFFF )