diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/adapter_gl.c b/dlls/wined3d/adapter_gl.c
index cc78c9046b6..5bf9d179e4d 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/adapter_gl.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/adapter_gl.c
@@ -5214,8 +5214,12 @@ static BOOL wined3d_adapter_gl_init(struct wined3d_adapter_gl *adapter_gl,
         gl_info->supported[ARB_TEXTURE_STORAGE] = FALSE;
     }
 
-    wined3d_driver_info_init(driver_info, caps_gl_ctx.gpu_description, adapter_gl->a.d3d_info.feature_level,
-            caps_gl_ctx.vram_bytes, 0);
+    if (!wined3d_driver_info_init(driver_info, caps_gl_ctx.gpu_description, adapter_gl->a.d3d_info.feature_level,
+            caps_gl_ctx.vram_bytes, 0))
+    {
+        wined3d_caps_gl_ctx_destroy(&caps_gl_ctx);
+        return FALSE;
+    }
     TRACE("Reporting (fake) driver version 0x%08x-0x%08x.\n",
             driver_info->version_high, driver_info->version_low);
 
diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/adapter_vk.c b/dlls/wined3d/adapter_vk.c
index cbfb29cdd43..fd7b29fc8af 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/adapter_vk.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/adapter_vk.c
@@ -2037,7 +2037,7 @@ static enum wined3d_display_driver guess_display_driver(enum wined3d_pci_vendor
     }
 }
 
-static void adapter_vk_init_driver_info(struct wined3d_adapter_vk *adapter_vk,
+static bool adapter_vk_init_driver_info(struct wined3d_adapter_vk *adapter_vk,
         const VkPhysicalDeviceProperties *properties)
 {
     const VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties *memory_properties = &adapter_vk->memory_properties;
@@ -2082,10 +2082,8 @@ static void adapter_vk_init_driver_info(struct wined3d_adapter_vk *adapter_vk,
         gpu_description = &description;
     }
 
-    wined3d_driver_info_init(&adapter_vk->a.driver_info, gpu_description, adapter_vk->a.d3d_info.feature_level,
-            vram_bytes, sysmem_bytes);
-    TRACE("Reporting (fake) driver version 0x%08x-0x%08x.\n",
-            adapter_vk->a.driver_info.version_high, adapter_vk->a.driver_info.version_low);
+    return wined3d_driver_info_init(&adapter_vk->a.driver_info, gpu_description,
+            adapter_vk->a.d3d_info.feature_level, vram_bytes, sysmem_bytes);
 }
 
 static enum wined3d_feature_level feature_level_from_caps(const struct shader_caps *shader_caps)
@@ -2209,7 +2207,10 @@ static BOOL wined3d_adapter_vk_init(struct wined3d_adapter_vk *adapter_vk,
 
     wined3d_adapter_vk_init_d3d_info(adapter_vk, wined3d_creation_flags);
 
-    adapter_vk_init_driver_info(adapter_vk, &properties2.properties);
+    if (!adapter_vk_init_driver_info(adapter_vk, &properties2.properties))
+        goto fail;
+    TRACE("Reporting (fake) driver version 0x%08x-0x%08x.\n",
+            adapter_vk->a.driver_info.version_high, adapter_vk->a.driver_info.version_low);
     adapter->vram_bytes_used = 0;
     TRACE("Emulating 0x%s bytes of video ram.\n", wine_dbgstr_longlong(adapter->driver_info.vram_bytes));
 
diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/directx.c b/dlls/wined3d/directx.c
index e797f218881..67e96d1249c 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/directx.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/directx.c
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ static void wined3d_copy_name(char *dst, const char *src, unsigned int dst_size)
     }
 }
 
-void wined3d_driver_info_init(struct wined3d_driver_info *driver_info,
+bool wined3d_driver_info_init(struct wined3d_driver_info *driver_info,
         const struct wined3d_gpu_description *gpu_desc, enum wined3d_feature_level feature_level,
         UINT64 vram_bytes, UINT64 sysmem_bytes)
 {
@@ -849,15 +849,13 @@ void wined3d_driver_info_init(struct wined3d_driver_info *driver_info,
         driver_info->name = version_info->driver_name;
         driver_info->version_high = MAKEDWORD_VERSION(driver_os_version, driver_feature_level);
         driver_info->version_low = MAKEDWORD_VERSION(version_info->subversion, version_info->build);
+
+        return true;
     }
-    else
-    {
-        ERR("No driver version info found for device %04x:%04x, driver model %#x.\n",
-                driver_info->vendor, driver_info->device, driver_model);
-        driver_info->name = "Display";
-        driver_info->version_high = MAKEDWORD_VERSION(driver_os_version, driver_feature_level);
-        driver_info->version_low = MAKEDWORD_VERSION(8, 6); /* NVIDIA RIVA TNT, arbitrary */
-    }
+
+    ERR("No driver version info found for device %04x:%04x, driver model %#x.\n",
+            driver_info->vendor, driver_info->device, driver_model);
+    return false;
 }
 
 enum wined3d_pci_device wined3d_gpu_from_feature_level(enum wined3d_pci_vendor *vendor,
@@ -2996,7 +2994,12 @@ static struct wined3d_adapter *wined3d_adapter_no3d_create(unsigned int ordinal,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    wined3d_driver_info_init(&adapter->driver_info, &gpu_description, WINED3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_NONE, 0, 0);
+    if (!wined3d_driver_info_init(&adapter->driver_info, &gpu_description, WINED3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_NONE, 0, 0))
+    {
+        wined3d_adapter_cleanup(adapter);
+        heap_free(adapter);
+        return NULL;
+    }
     adapter->vram_bytes_used = 0;
     TRACE("Emulating 0x%s bytes of video ram.\n", wine_dbgstr_longlong(adapter->driver_info.vram_bytes));
 
diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_private.h b/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_private.h
index 82dfd507754..83d790936f7 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_private.h
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_private.h
@@ -3199,7 +3199,7 @@ struct wined3d_driver_info
     DWORD version_low;
 };
 
-void wined3d_driver_info_init(struct wined3d_driver_info *driver_info,
+bool wined3d_driver_info_init(struct wined3d_driver_info *driver_info,
         const struct wined3d_gpu_description *gpu_description, enum wined3d_feature_level feature_level,
         UINT64 vram_bytes, UINT64 sysmem_bytes) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;