diff --git a/src/fontations/lib.rs b/src/fontations/lib.rs
index 67e8bf539..15a38c95a 100644
--- a/src/fontations/lib.rs
+++ b/src/fontations/lib.rs
@@ -375,17 +375,22 @@ impl HbColorPainter<'_> {
     }
 
     fn lookup_color(&self, color_index: u16, alpha: f32) -> hb_color_t {
+        if color_index == 0xFFFF {
+            // Apply alpha to foreground color
+            return ((self.foreground & 0xFFFFFF00)
+                | (((self.foreground & 0xFF) as f32 * alpha).round() as u32))
+                as hb_color_t;
+        }
+
         let c = self.color_records.get(color_index as usize);
-        if let Some(c) = c.filter(|_| color_index != 0xFFFF) {
+        if c.is_some() {
+            let c = c.unwrap();
             (((c.blue as u32) << 24)
                 | ((c.green as u32) << 16)
                 | ((c.red as u32) << 8)
                 | ((c.alpha as f32 * alpha).round() as u32)) as hb_color_t
         } else {
-            // Apply alpha to foreground color
-            ((self.foreground & 0xFFFFFF00)
-                | (((self.foreground & 0xFF) as f32 * alpha).round() as u32))
-                as hb_color_t
+            0 as hb_color_t
         }
     }