diff --git a/autobuild.xml b/autobuild.xml
index 096e40a429e6d84caff3ed0abe03823f69271fed..cb86a21880756c2506a3c69d282c1cf3630920f8 100644
--- a/autobuild.xml
+++ b/autobuild.xml
@@ -606,9 +606,9 @@
             <key>archive</key>
             <map>
               <key>hash</key>
-              <string>9f8a9dc39fd7c3da0fb3533782d1fddf</string>
+              <string>ca95bbdabd2bed612af79a3704fdbe79</string>
               <key>url</key>
-              <string>http://automated-builds-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com/hg/repo/3p-freetype/rev/226814/arch/Linux/installer/freetype-2.3.9-linux-20110418.tar.bz2</string>
+              <string>http://automated-builds-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com/hg/repo/3p-freetype/rev/265843/arch/Linux/installer/freetype-2.3.9-linux-20121013.tar.bz2</string>
             </map>
             <key>name</key>
             <string>linux</string>
diff --git a/indra/llrender/llfontfreetype.cpp b/indra/llrender/llfontfreetype.cpp
index 7452bdf02bfd1a94a4d44e6dbbbeb3ef227bac6f..058bef43a566079881309508da4a20244ff874b0 100755
--- a/indra/llrender/llfontfreetype.cpp
+++ b/indra/llrender/llfontfreetype.cpp
@@ -485,11 +485,9 @@ void LLFontFreetype::renderGlyph(U32 glyph_index) const
 	if (mFTFace == NULL)
 		return;
 
-	int error = FT_Load_Glyph(mFTFace, glyph_index, FT_LOAD_FORCE_AUTOHINT);
-	llassert(!error);
+	llassert_always(! FT_Load_Glyph(mFTFace, glyph_index, FT_LOAD_FORCE_AUTOHINT) );
 
-	error = FT_Render_Glyph(mFTFace->glyph, gFontRenderMode);
-	llassert(!error);
+	llassert_always(! FT_Render_Glyph(mFTFace->glyph, gFontRenderMode) );
 
 	mRenderGlyphCount++;
 }