diff --git a/src/core/evaluator.js b/src/core/evaluator.js
index 1ed1c3749..5e31d0d92 100644
--- a/src/core/evaluator.js
+++ b/src/core/evaluator.js
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class PartialEvaluator {
     this.globalImageCache = globalImageCache;
     this.systemFontCache = systemFontCache;
     this.options = options || DefaultPartialEvaluatorOptions;
-    this.parsingType3Font = false;
+    this.type3FontRefs = null;
 
     this._regionalImageCache = new RegionalImageCache();
     this._fetchBuiltInCMapBound = this.fetchBuiltInCMap.bind(this);
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ class PartialEvaluator {
     return shadow(this, "_pdfFunctionFactory", pdfFunctionFactory);
   }
 
+  get parsingType3Font() {
+    return !!this.type3FontRefs;
+  }
+
   clone(newOptions = null) {
     const newEvaluator = Object.create(this);
     newEvaluator.options = Object.assign(
@@ -1253,7 +1257,7 @@ class PartialEvaluator {
       }
     }
     if (fontRef) {
-      if (this.parsingType3Font && this.type3FontRefs.has(fontRef)) {
+      if (this.type3FontRefs?.has(fontRef)) {
         return errorFont();
       }
 
@@ -4633,7 +4637,6 @@ class TranslatedFont {
     // Compared to the parsing of e.g. an entire page, it doesn't really
     // make sense to only be able to render a Type3 glyph partially.
     const type3Evaluator = evaluator.clone({ ignoreErrors: false });
-    type3Evaluator.parsingType3Font = true;
     // Prevent circular references in Type3 fonts.
     const type3FontRefs = new RefSet(evaluator.type3FontRefs);
     if (this.dict.objId && !type3FontRefs.has(this.dict.objId)) {