diff --git a/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmvideo.c b/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmvideo.c
index 8562d35e1..ea103cb31 100644
--- a/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmvideo.c
+++ b/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmvideo.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static int get_dricount(void)
     folder = opendir(KMSDRM_DRI_PATH);
     if (folder) {
         while ((res = readdir(folder))) {
-            if (res->d_type == DT_CHR) {
+            if (res->d_namlen > 4 && strncmp(res->d_name, "card", 4)) {
                 devcount++;
             }
         }