diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/device.c b/dlls/wined3d/device.c
index b022755ecde..2b4a4611342 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/device.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/device.c
@@ -7786,23 +7786,21 @@ static void IWineD3DDeviceImpl_AddResource(IWineD3DDevice *iface, IWineD3DResour
     list_add_head(&This->resources, &((IWineD3DResourceImpl *) resource)->resource.resource_list_entry);
 }
 
-static void IWineD3DDeviceImpl_RemoveResource(IWineD3DDevice *iface, IWineD3DResource *resource){
-    IWineD3DDeviceImpl *This = (IWineD3DDeviceImpl *)iface;
-
+static void device_resource_remove(IWineD3DDeviceImpl *This, IWineD3DResource *resource)
+{
     TRACE("(%p) : Removing resource %p\n", This, resource);
 
     list_remove(&((IWineD3DResourceImpl *) resource)->resource.resource_list_entry);
 }
 
-
-static void WINAPI IWineD3DDeviceImpl_ResourceReleased(IWineD3DDevice *iface, IWineD3DResource *resource){
-    IWineD3DDeviceImpl *This = (IWineD3DDeviceImpl *) iface;
+void device_resource_released(IWineD3DDeviceImpl *This, IWineD3DResource *resource)
+{
     WINED3DRESOURCETYPE type = IWineD3DResource_GetType(resource);
     int counter;
 
     TRACE("(%p) : resource %p\n", This, resource);
 
-    context_resource_released(iface, resource, type);
+    context_resource_released((IWineD3DDevice *)This, resource, type);
 
     switch (type) {
         /* TODO: check front and back buffers, rendertargets etc..  possibly swapchains? */
@@ -7917,7 +7915,7 @@ static void WINAPI IWineD3DDeviceImpl_ResourceReleased(IWineD3DDevice *iface, IW
 
 
     /* Remove the resource from the resourceStore */
-    IWineD3DDeviceImpl_RemoveResource(iface, resource);
+    device_resource_remove(This, resource);
 
     TRACE("Resource released\n");
 
@@ -8089,7 +8087,6 @@ const IWineD3DDeviceVtbl IWineD3DDevice_Vtbl =
     IWineD3DDeviceImpl_UpdateSurface,
     IWineD3DDeviceImpl_GetFrontBufferData,
     /*** object tracking ***/
-    IWineD3DDeviceImpl_ResourceReleased,
     IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EnumResources
 };
 
diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/resource.c b/dlls/wined3d/resource.c
index 807240bb333..658a735593e 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/resource.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/resource.c
@@ -96,10 +96,7 @@ void resource_cleanup(IWineD3DResource *iface)
     This->resource.allocatedMemory = 0;
     This->resource.heapMemory = 0;
 
-    if (This->resource.wineD3DDevice != NULL) {
-        IWineD3DDevice_ResourceReleased((IWineD3DDevice *)This->resource.wineD3DDevice, iface);
-    }/* NOTE: this is not really an error for system memory resources */
-    return;
+    if (This->resource.wineD3DDevice) device_resource_released(This->resource.wineD3DDevice, iface);
 }
 
 HRESULT resource_get_device(IWineD3DResource *iface, IWineD3DDevice** ppDevice)
diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_private.h b/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_private.h
index cac748c7c69..f062c97f5ab 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_private.h
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_private.h
@@ -1578,6 +1578,7 @@ struct IWineD3DDeviceImpl
 
 extern const IWineD3DDeviceVtbl IWineD3DDevice_Vtbl;
 
+void device_resource_released(IWineD3DDeviceImpl *This, IWineD3DResource *resource);
 void device_stream_info_from_declaration(IWineD3DDeviceImpl *This,
         BOOL use_vshader, struct wined3d_stream_info *stream_info, BOOL *fixup);
 void device_stream_info_from_strided(IWineD3DDeviceImpl *This,
diff --git a/include/wine/wined3d.idl b/include/wine/wined3d.idl
index 48938cba2e6..51d886c85c6 100644
--- a/include/wine/wined3d.idl
+++ b/include/wine/wined3d.idl
@@ -3468,9 +3468,6 @@ interface IWineD3DDevice : IWineD3DBase
         [in] UINT swapchain_idx,
         [in] IWineD3DSurface *dst_surface
     );
-    void ResourceReleased(
-        [in] IWineD3DResource *resource
-    );
     HRESULT EnumResources(
         [in] D3DCB_ENUMRESOURCES callback,
         [in] void *data