diff --git a/gfx/d3d9/d3d.cpp b/gfx/d3d9/d3d.cpp
index 2872cdfd08..1d7613dd8f 100644
--- a/gfx/d3d9/d3d.cpp
+++ b/gfx/d3d9/d3d.cpp
@@ -1401,14 +1401,15 @@ static bool d3d_overlay_load(void *data,
       unsigned height = images[i].height;
       overlay_t &overlay = d3d->overlays[i];
 
-      if (FAILED(d3d->dev->CreateTexture(
-                  width,
-                  height,
-                  1,
+      overlay.tex = (LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE)
+         d3d_texture_new(d3d->dev,
+                  width, height, 1,
                   0,
                   D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8,
-                  D3DPOOL_MANAGED,
-                  &overlay.tex, NULL)))
+                  D3DPOOL_MANAGED, 0, 0, 0, 
+                  NULL, NULL);
+
+      if (!overlay.tex)
       {
          RARCH_ERR("[D3D]: Failed to create overlay texture\n");
          return false;
@@ -1753,14 +1754,18 @@ static void d3d_set_menu_texture_frame(void *data,
       if (d3d->menu)
 	     d3d_texture_free(d3d->menu->tex); 
 
-      if (FAILED(d3d->dev->CreateTexture(width, height, 1,
-                  0, D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8,
-                  D3DPOOL_MANAGED,
-                  &d3d->menu->tex, NULL)))
+      d3d->menu_tex = (LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE)
+         d3d_texture_new(d3d->dev, NULL,
+            width, height, 1,
+            0, D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8,
+            D3DPOOL_MANAGED, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL);
+
+      if (!d3d->menu_tex)
       {
          RARCH_ERR("[D3D]: Failed to create menu texture.\n");
          return;
       }
+
       d3d->menu->tex_w = width;
       d3d->menu->tex_h = height;
    }
diff --git a/gfx/d3d9/render_chain_xdk.h b/gfx/d3d9/render_chain_xdk.h
index 9b40d6701a..0ec78bd458 100644
--- a/gfx/d3d9/render_chain_xdk.h
+++ b/gfx/d3d9/render_chain_xdk.h
@@ -70,15 +70,12 @@ static bool renderchain_create_first_pass(void *data,
    if (!chain->vertex_buf)
       return false;
 
-   ret = d3dr->CreateTexture(chain->tex_w, chain->tex_h, 1, 0,
+   chain->tex = (LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE)d3d_texture_new(d3dr, NULL, 
+         chain->tex_w, chain->tex_h, 1, 0,
          info->rgb32 ? D3DFMT_LIN_X8R8G8B8 : D3DFMT_LIN_R5G6B5,
-         0, &chain->tex
-#ifdef _XBOX360
-         , NULL
-#endif
-         );
+         0, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL);
 
-   if (FAILED(ret))
+   if (!chain->tex)
       return false;
 
    d3d_set_sampler_address_u(d3dr, D3DSAMP_ADDRESSU, D3DTADDRESS_BORDER);