diff --git a/lisp/net/shr.el b/lisp/net/shr.el
index 58deaea6f53..23e2dc1f874 100644
--- a/lisp/net/shr.el
+++ b/lisp/net/shr.el
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ cid: URL as the argument.")
       (goto-char begin)
       (shr-insert-document dom))))
 
+(defun have-fringes-p ()
+  "Return t if fringe-columns is bound, and either (fringe-columns 'left) or
+\(fringe-columns 'right) returns nonzero."
+  (and (fboundp 'fringe-columns)
+       (or (not (zerop (fringe-columns 'right)))
+           (not (zerop (fringe-columns 'left))))))
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun shr-insert-document (dom)
   "Render the parsed document DOM into the current buffer.
@@ -230,19 +237,13 @@ DOM should be a parse tree as generated by
 				(if (not shr-use-fonts)
 				    (- (window-body-width) 1
                                        (if (and (null shr-width)
-                                                (or (zerop
-                                                     (fringe-columns 'right))
-                                                    (zerop
-                                                     (fringe-columns 'left))))
+                                                (not (have-fringes-p)))
                                            0
                                          1))
 				  (- (window-body-width nil t)
                                      (* 2 (frame-char-width))
                                      (if (and (null shr-width)
-                                              (or (zerop
-                                                   (fringe-columns 'right))
-                                                  (zerop
-                                                   (fringe-columns 'left))))
+                                              (not (have-fringes-p)))
                                          (* (frame-char-width) 2)
                                        0))))))
     (shr-descend dom)
@@ -466,8 +467,7 @@ size, and full-buffer size."
                                    ;; to usurp one column for the
                                    ;; continuation glyph.
                                    (if (and (null shr-width)
-                                            (or (zerop (fringe-columns 'right))
-                                                (zerop (fringe-columns 'left))))
+                                            (not (have-fringes-p)))
                                        (* (frame-char-width) 2)
                                      0))))
 	(shr-insert text)