diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_visitor.cpp b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_visitor.cpp
index adcb6c18da7..e727634e0ca 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_visitor.cpp
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_visitor.cpp
@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ fs_visitor::visit(ir_if *ir)
 {
    fs_inst *inst;
 
-   if (intel->gen != 6 && c->dispatch_width == 16) {
+   if (intel->gen < 6 && c->dispatch_width == 16) {
       fail("Can't support (non-uniform) control flow on 16-wide\n");
    }