diff --git a/ref/gl/gl_local.h b/ref/gl/gl_local.h
index 7b477d81..bb4ad5bc 100644
--- a/ref/gl/gl_local.h
+++ b/ref/gl/gl_local.h
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ static inline int GL_MaxTextureUnits( void )
 {
 	if( GL_Support( GL_SHADER_GLSL100_EXT ))
 		return Q_min( Q_max( glConfig.max_texture_coords, glConfig.max_teximage_units ), MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS );
-	return glConfig.max_texture_units;
+	return Q_min( glConfig.max_texture_units, MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS );
 }
 
 #define WORLDMODEL (gp_cl->models[1])