diff --git a/dlls/dplayx/dplay.c b/dlls/dplayx/dplay.c
index 67e3c184f50..30a2ee3cb3e 100644
--- a/dlls/dplayx/dplay.c
+++ b/dlls/dplayx/dplay.c
@@ -5998,9 +5998,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI DirectPlayCreate
     return DPERR_INVALIDPARAMS;
   }
 
-  /* Create an IDirectPlay object. We don't support that so we'll cheat and
-     give them an IDirectPlay2A object and hope that doesn't cause problems */
-  if ( dplay_create( &IID_IDirectPlay2A, (void**)lplpDP ) != DP_OK )
+  if ( dplay_create( &IID_IDirectPlay, (void**)lplpDP ) != DP_OK )
     return DPERR_UNAVAILABLE;
 
   if( IsEqualGUID( &GUID_NULL, lpGUID ) )