diff --git a/dlls/ddraw/ddraw.c b/dlls/ddraw/ddraw.c
index 7aea03e406e3ba2bc677a68ee9cb7c494a502483..c4c0b330535710c8ff82fdcd974a8515b78a1a78 100644
--- a/dlls/ddraw/ddraw.c
+++ b/dlls/ddraw/ddraw.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static BOOL restore_mode;
 /* Device identifier. Don't relay it to WineD3D */
 static const DDDEVICEIDENTIFIER2 deviceidentifier =
 {
-    "display",
+    "vga.dll", /* default 2D driver */
     "DirectDraw HAL",
     { { 0x00010001, 0x00010001 } },
     0, 0, 0, 0,
diff --git a/dlls/ddraw/tests/ddrawmodes.c b/dlls/ddraw/tests/ddrawmodes.c
index 643fe9b092601bfaf6b884e2a0f9c3cf699fed65..2d7123bfb4bc185a6b70b25d65ed03f3b138defb 100644
--- a/dlls/ddraw/tests/ddrawmodes.c
+++ b/dlls/ddraw/tests/ddrawmodes.c
@@ -988,6 +988,8 @@ static void testddraw7(void)
 
          if (hr==DD_OK)
          {
+             /* szDriver contains the name of the driver DLL */
+             ok(strstr(pdddi2->szDriver, ".dll")!=NULL, "szDriver does not contain DLL name\n");
              /* check how strings are copied into the structure */
              ok(pdddi2->szDriver[MAX_DDDEVICEID_STRING - 1]==0, "szDriver not cleared\n");
              ok(pdddi2->szDescription[MAX_DDDEVICEID_STRING - 1]==0, "szDescription not cleared\n");