diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
index e1e520bc899..8c78b73b640 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
@@ -1779,8 +1779,8 @@ intel_init_bufmgr(struct intel_screen *screen)
       return false;
    }
 
-   if (!intel_get_boolean(screen, I915_PARAM_HAS_WAIT_TIMEOUT)) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "[%s: %u] Kernel 3.6 required.\n", __func__, __LINE__);
+   if (!intel_get_boolean(screen, I915_PARAM_HAS_EXEC_NO_RELOC)) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "[%s: %u] Kernel 3.9 required.\n", __func__, __LINE__);
       return false;
    }