diff --git a/src/hb-shape-plan.cc b/src/hb-shape-plan.cc
index f9f9f3d2bbd0b968b61a046b2c184fa34f3bc826..a478ba51dc6c9f0191c67cf08ac090c3cc543b64 100644
--- a/src/hb-shape-plan.cc
+++ b/src/hb-shape-plan.cc
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ hb_shape_plan_get_empty (void)
   static const hb_shape_plan_t _hb_shape_plan_nil = {
     HB_OBJECT_HEADER_STATIC,
 
-    false, /* default_shaper_list */
+    true, /* default_shaper_list */
     NULL, /* face */
     _HB_BUFFER_PROPS_DEFAULT, /* props */