diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 3b4156b..9e127b9 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -384,8 +384,19 @@ HRESULT WINAPI DirectDrawCreate(GUID FAR* lpGUID, LPDIRECTDRAW FAR* lplpDD, IUnk
 
     if(ddraw)
     {
+        /* FIXME: check the calling module before passing the call! */
+        return ddraw->DirectDrawCreate(lpGUID, lplpDD, pUnkOuter);
+
+        /*
         printf(" returning DDERR_DIRECTDRAWALREADYCREATED\n");
         return DDERR_DIRECTDRAWALREADYCREATED;
+        */
+    } 
+
+    HMODULE real_dll = LoadLibrary("system32\\ddraw.dll");
+    if(!real_dll)
+    {
+        return DDERR_GENERIC;
     }
 
     IDirectDrawImpl *This = (IDirectDrawImpl *)HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(IDirectDrawImpl));
@@ -394,6 +405,16 @@ HRESULT WINAPI DirectDrawCreate(GUID FAR* lpGUID, LPDIRECTDRAW FAR* lplpDD, IUnk
     *lplpDD = (LPDIRECTDRAW)This;
     ddraw = This;
 
+    This->DirectDrawCreate = (HRESULT WINAPI (*)(GUID FAR*, LPDIRECTDRAW FAR*, IUnknown FAR*))GetProcAddress(real_dll, "DirectDrawCreate");
+
+    CloseHandle(real_dll);
+
+    if(!This->DirectDrawCreate)
+    {
+        ddraw_Release(This);
+        return DDERR_GENERIC;
+    }
+
     /* load configuration options from ddraw.ini */
     char cwd[MAX_PATH];
     char ini_path[MAX_PATH];
diff --git a/main.h b/main.h
index f9865ce..b3d46ae 100644
--- a/main.h
+++ b/main.h
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ typedef struct IDirectDrawImpl
     DWORD freq;
     BOOL windowed;
 
+    /* real export from system32\ddraw.dll */
+    HRESULT WINAPI (*DirectDrawCreate)(GUID FAR*, LPDIRECTDRAW FAR*, IUnknown FAR*);
+
     struct render
     {
         LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE (*main)(void *);
diff --git a/render_ddraw.c b/render_ddraw.c
index ce27296..ed81eb7 100644
--- a/render_ddraw.c
+++ b/render_ddraw.c
@@ -65,19 +65,7 @@ struct render_ddraw_impl render_ddraw =
 
 HRESULT WINAPI render_ddraw_Initialize()
 {
-    HMODULE real_dll;
-    HRESULT WINAPI (*real_DirectDrawCreate)(GUID FAR*, LPDIRECTDRAW FAR*, IUnknown FAR*);
-
-    real_dll = LoadLibrary("system32\\ddraw.dll");
-    if(!real_dll)
-    {
-        return DDERR_GENERIC;
-    }
-
-    render_ddraw.ddraw = NULL;
-
-    real_DirectDrawCreate = (HRESULT WINAPI (*)(GUID FAR*, LPDIRECTDRAW FAR*, IUnknown FAR*))GetProcAddress(real_dll, "DirectDrawCreate");
-    if(real_DirectDrawCreate(NULL, &render_ddraw.ddraw, NULL) != DD_OK)
+    if(ddraw->DirectDrawCreate(NULL, &render_ddraw.ddraw, NULL) != DD_OK)
     {
         return DDERR_GENERIC;
     }