diff --git a/xdk/xdk_d3d.cpp b/xdk/xdk_d3d.cpp
index dc0eba7023..cc14540819 100644
--- a/xdk/xdk_d3d.cpp
+++ b/xdk/xdk_d3d.cpp
@@ -957,12 +957,23 @@ static void xdk_d3d_stop(void)
 static void xdk_d3d_restart(void)
 {
    xdk_d3d_video_t *d3d = (xdk_d3d_video_t*)driver.video_data;
+   LPDIRECT3DDEVICE d3dr = (LPDIRECT3DDEVICE)d3d->d3d_render_device;
 
    if (!d3d)
       return;
 
-   xdk_d3d_stop();
-   xdk_d3d_start();
+   D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS d3dpp;
+   video_info_t video_info = {0};
+
+   video_info.vsync = g_settings.video.vsync;
+   video_info.force_aspect = false;
+   video_info.smooth = g_settings.video.smooth;
+   video_info.input_scale = 2;
+   video_info.fullscreen = true;
+   video_info.rgb32 = false;
+   xdk_d3d_generate_pp(&d3dpp, &video_info);
+
+   d3dr->Reset(&d3dpp);
 }
 
 static void xdk_d3d_apply_state_changes(void)