diff --git a/dlls/d3d9/tests/visual.c b/dlls/d3d9/tests/visual.c
index 08df897d168..1509a08809d 100644
--- a/dlls/d3d9/tests/visual.c
+++ b/dlls/d3d9/tests/visual.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static IDirect3DDevice9 *init_d3d9(void)
     present_parameters.EnableAutoDepthStencil = TRUE;
     present_parameters.AutoDepthStencilFormat = D3DFMT_D16;
 
-    hr = IDirect3D9_CreateDevice(d3d9_ptr, D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_REF, present_parameters.hDeviceWindow, D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING, &present_parameters, &device_ptr);
+    hr = IDirect3D9_CreateDevice(d3d9_ptr, D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, present_parameters.hDeviceWindow, D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING, &present_parameters, &device_ptr);
     ok(hr == D3D_OK || hr == D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE, "IDirect3D_CreateDevice returned: %s\n", DXGetErrorString9(hr));
 
     return device_ptr;