diff --git a/src/eggdesktopfile.c b/src/eggdesktopfile.c
index a57b091..6c779b1 100644
--- a/src/eggdesktopfile.c
+++ b/src/eggdesktopfile.c
@@ -1174,13 +1174,12 @@ egg_desktop_file_launchv (EggDesktopFile *desktop_file,
 
 	if (screen)
 	{
-		char *display_name = gdk_screen_make_display_name (screen);
+		display = gdk_screen_get_display (screen);
+		char *display_name = g_strdup (gdk_display_get_name (display));
 		char *display_env = g_strdup_printf ("DISPLAY=%s", display_name);
 		env = array_putenv (env, display_env);
 		g_free (display_name);
 		g_free (display_env);
-
-		display = gdk_screen_get_display (screen);
 	}
 	else
 	{