diff --git a/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp b/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp
index 740ae26086..7f64980ccb 100644
--- a/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp
+++ b/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static bool d3d_initialize(d3d_video_t *d3d, const video_info_t *info)
    strlcpy(settings->video.font_path, "game:\\media\\Arial_12.xpr",
          sizeof(settings->video.font_path));
 #endif
-   if (!d3d_font_init_first(&d3d->font_driver, NULL,
+   if (!d3d_font_init_first(&d3d->font_driver, &d3d->font_handle,
          d3d, settings->video.font_path, 0))
    {
       RARCH_ERR("[D3D]: Failed to initialize font renderer.\n");
diff --git a/gfx/d3d/d3d.h b/gfx/d3d/d3d.h
index c553ad4ae6..0bd2053f2e 100644
--- a/gfx/d3d/d3d.h
+++ b/gfx/d3d/d3d.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ void d3d_make_d3dpp(void *data, const video_info_t *info, D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS
 typedef struct d3d_video
 {
       const void *font_driver;
+      void *font_handle;
       const gfx_ctx_driver_t *ctx_driver;
 #if defined(HAVE_CG) || defined(HAVE_HLSL) || defined(HAVE_GLSL)
 #ifdef _XBOX