diff --git a/src/video/SDL_video.c b/src/video/SDL_video.c
index 322b2f0e0..db52d48dc 100644
--- a/src/video/SDL_video.c
+++ b/src/video/SDL_video.c
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ int SDL_VideoInit (const char *driver_name, Uint32 flags)
 		}
 #endif
 		for ( i=0; bootstrap[i]; ++i ) {
-			if ( SDL_strncmp(bootstrap[i]->name, driver_name,
-			             SDL_strlen(bootstrap[i]->name)) == 0 ) {
+			if ( SDL_strcasecmp(bootstrap[i]->name, driver_name) == 0) {
 				if ( bootstrap[i]->available() ) {
 					video = bootstrap[i]->create(index);
 					break;