diff --git a/src/d3d11/d3d11_swapchain.cpp b/src/d3d11/d3d11_swapchain.cpp
index fdfc1de6..0e823f41 100644
--- a/src/d3d11/d3d11_swapchain.cpp
+++ b/src/d3d11/d3d11_swapchain.cpp
@@ -161,12 +161,10 @@ namespace dxvk {
 
   HANDLE STDMETHODCALLTYPE D3D11SwapChain::GetFrameLatencyEvent() {
     HANDLE result = nullptr;
+    HANDLE processHandle = GetCurrentProcess();
 
-    if (!m_processHandle)
-      m_processHandle = GetCurrentProcess();
-
-    if (!DuplicateHandle(m_processHandle, m_frameLatencyEvent,
-        m_processHandle, &result, 0, FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS)) {
+    if (!DuplicateHandle(processHandle, m_frameLatencyEvent,
+        processHandle, &result, 0, FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS)) {
       Logger::err("DxgiSwapChain::GetFrameLatencyWaitableObject: DuplicateHandle failed");
       return nullptr;
     }
diff --git a/src/d3d11/d3d11_swapchain.h b/src/d3d11/d3d11_swapchain.h
index 7467b85b..00073d76 100644
--- a/src/d3d11/d3d11_swapchain.h
+++ b/src/d3d11/d3d11_swapchain.h
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ namespace dxvk {
     HANDLE                  m_frameLatencyEvent = nullptr;
     Rc<sync::CallbackFence> m_frameLatencySignal;
 
-    HANDLE                  m_processHandle = nullptr;
-
     bool                    m_dirty = true;
 
     VkColorSpaceKHR         m_colorspace = VK_COLOR_SPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR;