diff --git a/src/add-ons/accelerants/nvidia/GetAccelerantHook.c b/src/add-ons/accelerants/nvidia/GetAccelerantHook.c
index 4fd45143d1..d6d8774c33 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/accelerants/nvidia/GetAccelerantHook.c
+++ b/src/add-ons/accelerants/nvidia/GetAccelerantHook.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	
 	Other authors:
 	Mark Watson,
-	Rudolf Cornelissen 10/2002-12/2005
+	Rudolf Cornelissen 10/2002-1/2006
 */
 
 #define MODULE_BIT 0x08000000
@@ -212,8 +212,10 @@ status_t check_acc_capability(uint32 feature)
 		break;
 	case B_SCREEN_TO_SCREEN_SCALED_FILTERED_BLIT:
 		msg = "B_SCREEN_TO_SCREEN_SCALED_FILTERED_BLIT";
-		/* this function is only defined for DMA acceleration */
-		if (!si->settings.dma_acc)
+		/* this function is only defined for DMA acceleration,
+		 * but doesn't support the B_CMAP8 colorspace */
+		//fixme: checkout B_CMAP8 support sometime, as some cards seem to support it?
+		if (!si->settings.dma_acc || (si->dm.space == B_CMAP8))
 		{
 			LOG(4, ("Acc: Not exporting hook %s.\n", msg));
 			return B_ERROR;