diff --git a/src/common/rendering/v_video.cpp b/src/common/rendering/v_video.cpp
index c19cbcdff..c53bbf187 100644
--- a/src/common/rendering/v_video.cpp
+++ b/src/common/rendering/v_video.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,15 @@ CVAR(Bool, r_skipmats, false, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG | CVAR_NOINITCALL
 // 0 means 'no pipelining' for non GLES2 and 4 elements for GLES2
 CUSTOM_CVAR(Int, gl_pipeline_depth, 0, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG | CVAR_NOINITCALL)
 {
-	if (self < 0 || self >= HW_MAX_PIPELINE_BUFFERS) self = 0;
+	if (self < 0)
+	{
+		self = 0;
+	}
+	else if (self > HW_MAX_PIPELINE_BUFFERS)
+	{
+		self = HW_MAX_PIPELINE_BUFFERS;
+	}
+
 	Printf("Changing the pipeline depth requires a restart for " GAMENAME ".\n");
 }