diff --git a/dlls/dsound/dsound.c b/dlls/dsound/dsound.c
index 1c7b13f9359..cc27699463e 100644
--- a/dlls/dsound/dsound.c
+++ b/dlls/dsound/dsound.c
@@ -1552,16 +1552,16 @@ HRESULT DirectSoundDevice_CreateSoundBuffer(
             IDirectSoundBuffer_AddRef((LPDIRECTSOUNDBUFFER8)(device->primary));
             *ppdsb = (LPDIRECTSOUNDBUFFER)(device->primary);
         } else {
-           device->dsbd = *dsbd;
-           device->dsbd.dwFlags &= ~(DSBCAPS_LOCHARDWARE | DSBCAPS_LOCSOFTWARE);
-           if (device->hwbuf)
-               device->dsbd.dwFlags |= DSBCAPS_LOCHARDWARE;
-           else device->dsbd.dwFlags |= DSBCAPS_LOCSOFTWARE;
-           hres = primarybuffer_create(device, &(device->primary), &(device->dsbd));
-           if (device->primary)
-               *ppdsb = (IDirectSoundBuffer*)&device->primary->IDirectSoundBuffer8_iface;
-           else
-               WARN("primarybuffer_create() failed\n");
+            hres = primarybuffer_create(device, &device->primary, dsbd);
+            if (device->primary) {
+                *ppdsb = (IDirectSoundBuffer*)&device->primary->IDirectSoundBuffer8_iface;
+                device->primary->dsbd.dwFlags &= ~(DSBCAPS_LOCHARDWARE | DSBCAPS_LOCSOFTWARE);
+                if (device->hwbuf)
+                    device->primary->dsbd.dwFlags |= DSBCAPS_LOCHARDWARE;
+                else
+                    device->primary->dsbd.dwFlags |= DSBCAPS_LOCSOFTWARE;
+            } else
+                WARN("primarybuffer_create() failed\n");
         }
     } else {
         IDirectSoundBufferImpl * dsb;
diff --git a/dlls/dsound/dsound_private.h b/dlls/dsound/dsound_private.h
index 43a800fd684..ed13b71c80f 100644
--- a/dlls/dsound/dsound_private.h
+++ b/dlls/dsound/dsound_private.h
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ struct DirectSoundDevice
     RTL_RWLOCK                  buffer_list_lock;
     CRITICAL_SECTION            mixlock;
     IDirectSoundBufferImpl     *primary;
-    DSBUFFERDESC                dsbd;
     DWORD                       speaker_config;
     LPBYTE                      tmp_buffer, mix_buffer;
     DWORD                       tmp_buffer_len, mix_buffer_len;
diff --git a/dlls/dsound/primary.c b/dlls/dsound/primary.c
index 2e0a6a41e48..b3d1517a4ea 100644
--- a/dlls/dsound/primary.c
+++ b/dlls/dsound/primary.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI PrimaryBufferImpl_SetVolume(
         HRESULT hres = DS_OK;
 	TRACE("(%p,%d)\n", iface, vol);
 
-	if (!(device->dsbd.dwFlags & DSBCAPS_CTRLVOLUME)) {
+	if (!(This->dsbd.dwFlags & DSBCAPS_CTRLVOLUME)) {
 		WARN("control unavailable\n");
 		return DSERR_CONTROLUNAVAIL;
 	}
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI PrimaryBufferImpl_GetVolume(
 	DWORD ampfactors;
 	TRACE("(%p,%p)\n", iface, vol);
 
-	if (!(device->dsbd.dwFlags & DSBCAPS_CTRLVOLUME)) {
+	if (!(This->dsbd.dwFlags & DSBCAPS_CTRLVOLUME)) {
 		WARN("control unavailable\n");
 		return DSERR_CONTROLUNAVAIL;
 	}
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI PrimaryBufferImpl_SetPan(
         HRESULT hres = DS_OK;
 	TRACE("(%p,%d)\n", iface, pan);
 
-	if (!(device->dsbd.dwFlags & DSBCAPS_CTRLPAN)) {
+	if (!(This->dsbd.dwFlags & DSBCAPS_CTRLPAN)) {
 		WARN("control unavailable\n");
 		return DSERR_CONTROLUNAVAIL;
 	}
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI PrimaryBufferImpl_GetPan(
 	DWORD ampfactors;
 	TRACE("(%p,%p)\n", iface, pan);
 
-	if (!(device->dsbd.dwFlags & DSBCAPS_CTRLPAN)) {
+	if (!(This->dsbd.dwFlags & DSBCAPS_CTRLPAN)) {
 		WARN("control unavailable\n");
 		return DSERR_CONTROLUNAVAIL;
 	}
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI PrimaryBufferImpl_GetFrequency(
 		return DSERR_INVALIDPARAM;
 	}
 
-	if (!(device->dsbd.dwFlags & DSBCAPS_CTRLFREQUENCY)) {
+	if (!(This->dsbd.dwFlags & DSBCAPS_CTRLFREQUENCY)) {
 		WARN("control unavailable\n");
 		return DSERR_CONTROLUNAVAIL;
 	}
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI PrimaryBufferImpl_GetCaps(
 		return DSERR_INVALIDPARAM;
 	}
 
-	caps->dwFlags = device->dsbd.dwFlags;
+	caps->dwFlags = This->dsbd.dwFlags;
 	caps->dwBufferBytes = device->buflen;
 
 	/* Windows reports these as zero */
@@ -1258,8 +1258,7 @@ HRESULT primarybuffer_create(DirectSoundDevice *device, IDirectSoundBufferImpl *
         dsb->numIfaces = 1;
 	dsb->device = device;
 	dsb->IDirectSoundBuffer8_iface.lpVtbl = (IDirectSoundBuffer8Vtbl *)&dspbvt;
-
-	device->dsbd = *dsbd;
+	dsb->dsbd = *dsbd;
 
 	TRACE("Created primary buffer at %p\n", dsb);
 	TRACE("(formattag=0x%04x,chans=%d,samplerate=%d,"