diff --git a/src/font/devfont.c b/src/font/devfont.c
index e3fb214d..3dda883d 100644
--- a/src/font/devfont.c
+++ b/src/font/devfont.c
@@ -1057,10 +1057,11 @@ static BOOL init_or_term_specifical_fonts (char* etc_section, BOOL is_unload)
         else {
             /* [DK] Fix Bug #4801, which introduce a absolute path check error in Windows,
              * first to load from sytem res path, else load it directly(relative or absolute path).*/
-            if ((0 == mg_path_joint(font_path, MAX_PATH + 1, sysres_get_system_res_path(), font_file))
-                    && ((add_dev_font (font_name, font_path, TRUE)) == TRUE))
+            if ((add_dev_font (font_name, font_file, TRUE)) == TRUE)
                 added_num++;
-            else if ((add_dev_font (font_name, font_file, TRUE)) == TRUE)
+            else if ((0 == mg_path_joint(font_path, MAX_PATH + 1,
+                        sysres_get_system_res_path(), font_file))
+                    && ((add_dev_font (font_name, font_path, TRUE)) == TRUE))
                 added_num++;
         }
     }