diff --git a/vcl/inc/font/LogicalFontInstance.hxx b/vcl/inc/font/LogicalFontInstance.hxx
index 40d3c57c4e67..c56752df1e6c 100644
--- a/vcl/inc/font/LogicalFontInstance.hxx
+++ b/vcl/inc/font/LogicalFontInstance.hxx
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public: // TODO: make data members private
     void IgnoreFallbackForUnicode(sal_UCS4, FontWeight eWeight, std::u16string_view rFontName);
 
     inline hb_font_t* GetHbFont();
+    void ClearHbFont();
     bool IsGraphiteFont();
     // NeedOffsetCorrection: Return if the font need offset correction in TTB direction.
     // nYOffset is the original offset. It is used to check if the correction is necessary.
diff --git a/vcl/source/font/LogicalFontInstance.cxx b/vcl/source/font/LogicalFontInstance.cxx
index 0c21cba47548..f474d46f9a63 100644
--- a/vcl/source/font/LogicalFontInstance.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/font/LogicalFontInstance.cxx
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ bool LogicalFontInstance::GetGlyphBoundRect(sal_GlyphId nID, tools::Rectangle& r
     auto* pHbFont = const_cast<LogicalFontInstance*>(this)->GetHbFont();
     hb_glyph_extents_t aExtents;
     bool res = hb_font_get_glyph_extents(pHbFont, nID, &aExtents);
+    const_cast<LogicalFontInstance*>(this)->ClearHbFont();
 
     if (res)
     {
@@ -235,6 +236,15 @@ double LogicalFontInstance::GetGlyphWidth(sal_GlyphId nGlyph, bool bVertical, bo
     return double(nWidth * nScale);
 }
 
+void LogicalFontInstance::ClearHbFont()
+{
+    if (m_pHbFont)
+    {
+        hb_font_destroy(m_pHbFont);
+        m_pHbFont = nullptr;
+    }
+}
+
 bool LogicalFontInstance::IsGraphiteFont()
 {
     if (!m_xbIsGraphiteFont.has_value())