diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 653aa52f645..a8b65d6915b 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-07-05  Julien Danjou  <julien@danjou.info>
+
+	* textmodes/rst.el (rst-define-level-faces): Use `facep' rather
+	than `boundp' to check if face is set.
+
 2011-07-05  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
 
 	* register.el (registerv-make):
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/rst.el b/lisp/textmodes/rst.el
index 9ed5309bb53..c1ce950522c 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/rst.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/rst.el
@@ -2800,7 +2800,7 @@ details check the Rst Faces Defaults group."
 			 rst-level-face-base-color
 			 (+ (* (1- i) rst-level-face-step-light)
 			    rst-level-face-base-light))))
-        (unless (boundp sym)
+        (unless (facep sym)
           (make-empty-face sym)
           (set-face-doc-string sym doc)
           (set-face-background sym col)