diff --git a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/d3d11va.cpp b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/d3d11va.cpp
index 8c0b8c02..19b722b4 100644
--- a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/d3d11va.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/d3d11va.cpp
@@ -155,10 +155,7 @@ D3D11VARenderer::~D3D11VARenderer()
 
 bool D3D11VARenderer::createDeviceByAdapterIndex(int adapterIndex, bool* adapterNotFound)
 {
-    const D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL supportedFeatureLevels[] = { D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_1,
-                                                         D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0,
-                                                         D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1,
-                                                         D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0 };
+    const D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL supportedFeatureLevels[] = { D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_1, D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0 };
     bool success = false;
     ComPtr<IDXGIAdapter1> adapter;
     DXGI_ADAPTER_DESC1 adapterDesc;
@@ -220,6 +217,13 @@ bool D3D11VARenderer::createDeviceByAdapterIndex(int adapterIndex, bool* adapter
                      hr);
         goto Exit;
     }
+    else if (adapterDesc.VendorId == 0x8086 && featureLevel <= D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0 && !qEnvironmentVariableIntValue("D3D11VA_ENABLED")) {
+        SDL_LogWarn(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
+                    "Avoiding D3D11VA on old pre-FL11.1 Intel GPU. Set D3D11VA_ENABLED=1 to override.");
+        m_DeviceContext.Reset();
+        m_Device.Reset();
+        goto Exit;
+    }
     else if (featureLevel >= D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0) {
         // Remember that we found a non-software D3D11 devices with support for
         // feature level 11.0 or later (Fermi, Terascale 2, or Ivy Bridge and later)
@@ -846,6 +850,7 @@ void D3D11VARenderer::renderVideo(AVFrame* frame)
             return;
         }
 
+
         // Ensure decoding operations have completed using a dummy fence.
         // This is not necessary on modern GPU drivers, but it is required
         // on some older Intel GPU drivers that don't properly synchronize