diff --git a/gfx/common/d3d_common.cpp b/gfx/common/d3d_common.cpp
index f7c743113b..74df2926c0 100644
--- a/gfx/common/d3d_common.cpp
+++ b/gfx/common/d3d_common.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ void d3d_texture_free(LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE tex)
 {
    if (tex)
       tex->Release();
-   tex = NULL;
 }
 
 bool d3d_vertex_declaration_new(LPDIRECT3DDEVICE dev,
diff --git a/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp b/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp
index 106b2ba014..7de8f4deee 100644
--- a/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp
+++ b/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp
@@ -1782,10 +1782,12 @@ static uintptr_t d3d_load_texture(void *video_data, void *data,
 
 static void d3d_unload_texture(void *data, uintptr_t *id)
 {
+   LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE texid = (LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE)id;
    if (!id)
 	   return;
 
-   d3d_texture_free((LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE)id);
+   d3d_texture_free(texid);
+   *id = NULL;
 }
 
 static const video_poke_interface_t d3d_poke_interface = {