diff --git a/src/renderer_d3d9.cpp b/src/renderer_d3d9.cpp
index f40cebc78..c497ac7fb 100644
--- a/src/renderer_d3d9.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer_d3d9.cpp
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ namespace bgfx { namespace d3d9
 						}
 
 						if (BX_ENABLED(BGFX_CONFIG_DEBUG_PERFHUD)
-						&&  0 != strstr(description, "PerfHUD"))
+						&&  0 != strstr(desc.Description, "PerfHUD"))
 						{
 							m_adapter = ii;
 							m_deviceType = D3DDEVTYPE_REF;