diff --git a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/advanced.js b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/advanced.js
index 7bcf2130ed..59c12890a3 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/advanced.js
+++ b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/advanced.js
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ var gAdvancedPane = {
   {
 #ifdef XP_WIN
     var fromPref = document.getElementById("layers.acceleration.enabled");
-    var toPref = document.getElementById("gfx.direct2d.disabled");
-    toPref.value = !fromPref.value;
+    var toPref = document.getElementById("gfx.direct2d.enabled");
+    toPref.value = fromPref.value;
 #endif
     this.updateHWADisplay();
   },
diff --git a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/advanced.xul b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/advanced.xul
index 693efc543c..82db77605c 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/advanced.xul
+++ b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/advanced.xul
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                   onchange="gAdvancedPane.updateHardwareAcceleration()"/>
       <preference id="layers.acceleration.force"       name="layers.acceleration.force"       type="bool"/>
 #ifdef XP_WIN
-      <preference id="gfx.direct2d.disabled"           name="gfx.direct2d.disabled"           type="bool"   inverted="true"/>
+      <preference id="gfx.direct2d.enabled"            name="gfx.direct2d.disabled"           type="bool"   inverted="true"/>
 #endif
       <preference id="layout.spellcheckDefault"        name="layout.spellcheckDefault"        type="int"/>