diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/subset/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/subset/__init__.py
index c2cdaff20e..c0f67e3670 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/subset/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/subset/__init__.py
@@ -2089,8 +2089,9 @@ def subset_glyphs(self, s):
 	)
 	del self.ColorLayersV1
 
-	clips = self.table.ClipList.clips
-	self.table.ClipList.clips = {g: clips[g] for g in clips if g in s.glyphs}
+	if self.table.ClipList is not None:
+		clips = self.table.ClipList.clips
+		self.table.ClipList.clips = {g: clips[g] for g in clips if g in s.glyphs}
 
 	layersV0 = self.ColorLayers
 	if not self.table.BaseGlyphList.BaseGlyphPaintRecord:
diff --git a/Tests/subset/subset_test.py b/Tests/subset/subset_test.py
index 4b3d9a843d..aeb4ce1d94 100644
--- a/Tests/subset/subset_test.py
+++ b/Tests/subset/subset_test.py
@@ -1269,6 +1269,23 @@ def test_subset_COLRv1_drop_all_v0_glyphs(colrv1_path):
     assert colr.table.LayerRecordCount is 0
 
 
+def test_subset_COLRv1_no_ClipList(colrv1_path):
+    font = TTFont(colrv1_path)
+    font["COLR"].table.ClipList = None  # empty ClipList
+    font.save(colrv1_path)
+
+    subset_path = colrv1_path.parent / (colrv1_path.name + ".subset")
+    subset.main(
+        [
+            str(colrv1_path),
+            f"--output-file={subset_path}",
+            "--unicodes=*",
+        ]
+    )
+    subset_font = TTFont(subset_path)
+    assert subset_font["COLR"].table.ClipList is None
+
+
 def test_subset_keep_size_drop_empty_stylistic_set():
     fb = FontBuilder(unitsPerEm=1000, isTTF=True)
     glyph_order = [".notdef", "a", "b", "b.ss01"]