diff --git a/core/core-ui.el b/core/core-ui.el
index 9587b0f9a75..4748cffbf9a 100644
--- a/core/core-ui.el
+++ b/core/core-ui.el
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ behavior). Do not set this directly, this is let-bound in `doom-init-theme-h'.")
           (set-face-attribute 'variable-pitch nil :font doom-variable-pitch-font))
         (when (fboundp 'set-fontset-font)
           (dolist (font (cons doom-unicode-font doom-unicode-extra-fonts))
-            (set-fontset-font t nil font nil 'prepend)))
+            (set-fontset-font t 'unicode font nil 'prepend)))
         (run-hooks 'after-setting-font-hook))
     ((debug error)
      (if (string-prefix-p "Font not available: " (error-message-string e))