diff --git a/components/resource/stats.cpp b/components/resource/stats.cpp
index 1d78d7a4cf..bc63ddf583 100644
--- a/components/resource/stats.cpp
+++ b/components/resource/stats.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Profiler::Profiler()
 {
     if (osgDB::Registry::instance()->getReaderWriterForExtension("ttf"))
         _font = osgMyGUI::DataManager::getInstance().getDataPath("DejaVuLGCSansMono.ttf");
+    else
+	_font = "";
 
     setKeyEventTogglesOnScreenStats(osgGA::GUIEventAdapter::KEY_F3);
 }