diff --git a/lib/jquery.webfonts.js b/lib/jquery.webfonts.js
index c034348d..f3edc3e3 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.webfonts.js
+++ b/lib/jquery.webfonts.js
@@ -211,16 +211,25 @@
 
 				// Load and apply fonts for other language tagged elements (batched)
 				if ( element.lang && element.lang !== webfonts.language ) {
-					// Child element's language differs from parent.
 					fontFamily = webfonts.getFont( element.lang );
 
 					if ( !fontFamily ) {
-						// If there is no explicit font for this language, it will
-						// inherit the webfont for the parent.  But that is undesirable here
-						// since language is different. So inherit the original font of the
-						// element. Define it explicitly so that inheritance is broken.
-						fontFamily = webfonts.originalFontFamily;
+						// No font preference for the language.
+						// Check if we need to reset for this language.
+						// If the font of the parent element, to which webfonts were applied,
+						// remained the same, there is no need to reset.
+						if ( webfonts.$element.css( 'fontFamily' ) !== webfonts.originalFontFamily ) {
+							// The parent font changed.
+							// Is there an inheritance?
+							// Is the font for this element the same as parent's font?
+							if ( fontFamilyStyle === webfonts.$element.css( 'fontFamily' ) ) {
+								// Break inheritance of the font from the parent element
+								// by applying the original font to this element
+								fontFamily = webfonts.originalFontFamily;
+							}
+						}
 					}
+
 					// We do not have fonts for all languages
 					if ( fontFamily !== null ) {
 						append( fontQueue, fontFamily );
@@ -366,8 +375,6 @@
 				fontFaceRule += '\tfont-weight:' + fontconfig.fontweight + ';';
 			}
 
-			fontFaceRule += '\tfont-style:' + fontStyle + ';';
-
 			if ( fontconfig.fontweight !== undefined ) {
 				fontFaceRule += '\tfont-weight:' + fontconfig.fontweight + ';';
 			}