diff --git a/src/cairo-font-face.c b/src/cairo-font-face.c
index c5569eb2e..9f993ccd9 100644
--- a/src/cairo-font-face.c
+++ b/src/cairo-font-face.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ cairo_font_face_reference (cairo_font_face_t *font_face)
 }
 
 static inline cairo_bool_t
-__put(cairo_reference_count_t *v)
+_cairo_decrement_refcount_return_was_last (cairo_reference_count_t *v)
 {
     int c, old;
 
@@ -149,10 +149,7 @@ __put(cairo_reference_count_t *v)
 cairo_bool_t
 _cairo_font_face_destroy (void *abstract_face)
 {
-#if 0 /* Nothing needs to be done, we can just drop the last reference */
-    cairo_font_face_t *font_face = abstract_face;
-    return _cairo_reference_count_dec_and_test (&font_face->ref_count);
-#endif
+    (void)abstract_face;
     return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -179,7 +176,7 @@ cairo_font_face_destroy (cairo_font_face_t *font_face)
      * FreeType backend where cairo_ft_font_face_t and cairo_ft_unscaled_font_t
      * need to effectively mutually reference each other
      */
-    if (__put (&font_face->ref_count))
+    if (_cairo_decrement_refcount_return_was_last (&font_face->ref_count))
 	return;
 
     if (! font_face->backend->destroy (font_face))
@@ -331,7 +328,7 @@ _cairo_unscaled_font_destroy (cairo_unscaled_font_t *unscaled_font)
 
     assert (CAIRO_REFERENCE_COUNT_HAS_REFERENCE (&unscaled_font->ref_count));
 
-    if (__put (&unscaled_font->ref_count))
+    if (_cairo_decrement_refcount_return_was_last (&unscaled_font->ref_count))
 	return;
 
     if (! unscaled_font->backend->destroy (unscaled_font))