diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
index b596017c654..03e6852a7f1 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ intel_detect_sseu(struct intel_screen *intelScreen)
     * and we have to use conservative numbers for GPGPU on many platforms, but
     * otherwise, things will just work.
     */
-   if (intelScreen->subslice_total == -1 || intelScreen->eu_total == -1)
+   if (intelScreen->subslice_total < 1 || intelScreen->eu_total < 1)
       _mesa_warning(NULL,
                     "Kernel 4.1 required to properly query GPU properties.\n");