diff --git a/lisp/term/x-win.el b/lisp/term/x-win.el
index 3a5cd81d28d..46a05a51280 100644
--- a/lisp/term/x-win.el
+++ b/lisp/term/x-win.el
@@ -674,11 +674,11 @@ This is in addition to the primary selection.")
       (let ((font (or (cdr (assq 'font initial-frame-alist))
 		      (cdr (assq 'font default-frame-alist))
 		      (x-get-resource "font" "Font")))
-	    resolved-name xlfd-fields)
+	    xlfd-fields)
 	(if (and font
 		 (not (query-fontset font))
-		 (setq resolved-name (x-resolve-font-name font))
-		 (setq xlfd-fields (x-decompose-font-name resolved-name)))
+		 (x-resolve-font-name font)
+		 (setq xlfd-fields (x-decompose-font-name font)))
 	    (if (string= "fontset"
 			 (aref xlfd-fields xlfd-regexp-registry-subnum))
 		(new-fontset font (x-complement-fontset-spec xlfd-fields nil))