diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_analyse.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_analyse.cpp
index ddfbf7f8a..bb92aced1 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_analyse.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_analyse.cpp
@@ -516,17 +516,20 @@ void D3D11DebugManager::CreateShaderGlobalState(ShaderDebug::GlobalState &global
 			{
 				if(WrappedID3D11Texture1D::IsAlloc(res))
 				{
-					D3D11_TEXTURE1D_DESC desc = ((WrappedID3D11Texture1D *)res)->GetDescDirect();
+					D3D11_TEXTURE1D_DESC desc;
+					((WrappedID3D11Texture1D *)res)->GetDesc(&desc);
 					format = desc.Format;
 				}
 				else if(WrappedID3D11Texture2D::IsAlloc(res))
 				{
-					D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC desc = ((WrappedID3D11Texture2D *)res)->GetDescDirect();
+					D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC desc;
+					((WrappedID3D11Texture2D *)res)->GetDesc(&desc);
 					format = desc.Format;
 				}
 				else if(WrappedID3D11Texture3D::IsAlloc(res))
 				{
-					D3D11_TEXTURE3D_DESC desc = ((WrappedID3D11Texture3D *)res)->GetDescDirect();
+					D3D11_TEXTURE3D_DESC desc;
+					((WrappedID3D11Texture3D *)res)->GetDesc(&desc);
 					format = desc.Format;
 				}
 			}
@@ -569,7 +572,8 @@ void D3D11DebugManager::CreateShaderGlobalState(ShaderDebug::GlobalState &global
 					if(udesc.ViewDimension == D3D11_UAV_DIMENSION_TEXTURE1D ||
 					   udesc.ViewDimension == D3D11_UAV_DIMENSION_TEXTURE1DARRAY)
 					{
-						D3D11_TEXTURE1D_DESC desc = ((WrappedID3D11Texture1D *)res)->GetDescDirect();
+						D3D11_TEXTURE1D_DESC desc;
+						((WrappedID3D11Texture1D *)res)->GetDesc(&desc);
 
 						desc.MiscFlags = 0;
 						desc.CPUAccessFlags = D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_READ|D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_WRITE;
@@ -611,7 +615,8 @@ void D3D11DebugManager::CreateShaderGlobalState(ShaderDebug::GlobalState &global
 					else if(udesc.ViewDimension == D3D11_UAV_DIMENSION_TEXTURE2D ||
 					        udesc.ViewDimension == D3D11_UAV_DIMENSION_TEXTURE2DARRAY)
 					{
-						D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC desc = ((WrappedID3D11Texture2D *)res)->GetDescDirect();
+						D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC desc;
+						((WrappedID3D11Texture2D *)res)->GetDesc(&desc);
 
 						desc.MiscFlags = 0;
 						desc.CPUAccessFlags = D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_READ|D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_WRITE;
@@ -653,7 +658,8 @@ void D3D11DebugManager::CreateShaderGlobalState(ShaderDebug::GlobalState &global
 					}
 					else if(udesc.ViewDimension == D3D11_UAV_DIMENSION_TEXTURE3D)
 					{
-						D3D11_TEXTURE3D_DESC desc = ((WrappedID3D11Texture3D *)res)->GetDescDirect();
+						D3D11_TEXTURE3D_DESC desc;
+						((WrappedID3D11Texture3D *)res)->GetDesc(&desc);
 
 						desc.MiscFlags = 0;
 						desc.CPUAccessFlags = D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_READ|D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_WRITE;
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_resources.h b/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_resources.h
index 84acbf919..e9e689370 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_resources.h
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_resources.h
@@ -650,10 +650,6 @@ protected:
 	}
 
 public:
-#if !defined(RELEASE)
-	DescType& GetDescDirect() { return m_Desc; }
-#endif
-	
 	void ViewAddRef()
 	{
 		InterlockedIncrement(&m_ViewRefcount);