diff --git a/cogl/cogl-renderer.c b/cogl/cogl-renderer.c
index a691bdaff..2e2720921 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-renderer.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl-renderer.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ cogl_renderer_check_onscreen_template (CoglRenderer *renderer,
   CoglDisplay *display;
   const CoglWinsysVtable *winsys = _cogl_renderer_get_winsys (renderer);
 
-  if (!winsys->renderer_connect (renderer, error))
+  if (!cogl_renderer_connect (renderer, error))
     return FALSE;
 
   display = cogl_display_new (renderer, onscreen_template);