diff --git a/src/core/evaluator.js b/src/core/evaluator.js
index 8a822954a..1ed1c3749 100644
--- a/src/core/evaluator.js
+++ b/src/core/evaluator.js
@@ -1261,7 +1261,11 @@ class PartialEvaluator {
         return this.fontCache.get(fontRef);
       }
 
-      font = this.xref.fetchIfRef(fontRef);
+      try {
+        font = this.xref.fetchIfRef(fontRef);
+      } catch (ex) {
+        warn(`loadFont - lookup failed: "${ex}".`);
+      }
     }
 
     if (!(font instanceof Dict)) {
diff --git a/test/pdfs/bug1898802.pdf.link b/test/pdfs/bug1898802.pdf.link
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..791183ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pdfs/bug1898802.pdf.link
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=9403877
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index eb6aceb61..0d9a57e29 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -5447,6 +5447,15 @@
     "lastPage": 1,
     "type": "eq"
   },
+  {
+    "id": "bug1898802",
+    "file": "pdfs/bug1898802.pdf",
+    "md5": "65c3af306253faa8967982812aff523e",
+    "rounds": 1,
+    "link": true,
+    "lastPage": 1,
+    "type": "eq"
+  },
   {
     "id": "issue4890",
     "file": "pdfs/issue4890.pdf",