diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_main.c b/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_main.c
index cc0dc252c11..b57bcdcc873 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_main.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_main.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct wined3d_settings wined3d_settings =
     PCI_DEVICE_NONE,/* PCI Device ID */
     0,              /* The default of memory is set in init_driver_info */
     NULL,           /* No wine logo by default */
-    FALSE,          /* Prefer multisample renderbuffers to multisample textures by default. */
+    TRUE,           /* Prefer multisample textures to multisample renderbuffers. */
     ~0u,            /* Don't force a specific sample count by default. */
     FALSE,          /* No strict draw ordering. */
     FALSE,          /* Don't range check relative addressing indices in float constants. */