diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_reg_allocate.cpp b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_reg_allocate.cpp
index 1e2cf917116..f88b1316775 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_reg_allocate.cpp
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_reg_allocate.cpp
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ fs_visitor::assign_regs()
 
       if (reg == -1) {
 	 fail("no register to spill\n");
+      } else if (intel->gen >= 7) {
+	 fail("no spilling support on gen7 yet\n");
       } else if (c->dispatch_width == 16) {
 	 fail("no spilling support on 16-wide yet\n");
       } else {