diff --git a/dll/directx/wine/d3dx9_36/font.c b/dll/directx/wine/d3dx9_36/font.c
index 2fb924d77ec..56cef145461 100644
--- a/dll/directx/wine/d3dx9_36/font.c
+++ b/dll/directx/wine/d3dx9_36/font.c
@@ -730,7 +730,6 @@ static INT WINAPI ID3DXFontImpl_DrawTextW(ID3DXFont *iface, ID3DXSprite *sprite,
     {
         unsigned int line_len, i;
         GCP_RESULTSW results;
-        D3DXVECTOR3 pos;
 
         string = read_line(font->hdc, string, &count, line, &line_len, width, format, &size);
 
@@ -760,6 +759,7 @@ static INT WINAPI ID3DXFontImpl_DrawTextW(ID3DXFont *iface, ID3DXSprite *sprite,
         for (i = 0; i < results.nGlyphs; ++i)
         {
             IDirect3DTexture9 *texture;
+            D3DXVECTOR3 pos;
             POINT cell_inc;
             RECT black_box;
 
@@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ static INT WINAPI ID3DXFontImpl_DrawTextW(ID3DXFont *iface, ID3DXSprite *sprite,
 
             pos.x = cell_inc.x + x + results.lpCaretPos[i];
             pos.y = cell_inc.y + y;
+            pos.z = 0;
 
             ID3DXSprite_Draw(target, texture, &black_box, NULL, &pos, color);
             IDirect3DTexture9_Release(texture);
diff --git a/sdk/tools/winesync/d3dx9.cfg b/sdk/tools/winesync/d3dx9.cfg
index 8c7f985455c..47c8d9b9134 100644
--- a/sdk/tools/winesync/d3dx9.cfg
+++ b/sdk/tools/winesync/d3dx9.cfg
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ files:
   include/d3dx9tex.h: sdk/include/dxsdk/d3dx9tex.h
   include/d3dx9xof.h: sdk/include/dxsdk/d3dx9xof.h
 tags:
-  wine: 9eda5c043047fd117441473651b2089b80a4ed80
+  wine: 2481e617bbd529a297266ad53b1afe1d96e9af89