diff --git a/configs/example/gpufs/vega10_kvm.py b/configs/example/gpufs/vega10_kvm.py
index 593f6e1457..aa3dbb200a 100644
--- a/configs/example/gpufs/vega10_kvm.py
+++ b/configs/example/gpufs/vega10_kvm.py
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/rocm/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export HSA_ENABLE_SDMA=0
 dmesg -n8
 dd if=/root/roms/vega10.rom of=/dev/mem bs=1k seek=768 count=128
+if [ ! -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates/dkms/amdgpu.ko ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Missing DKMS package for kernel `uname -r`. Exiting gem5."
+    /sbin/m5 exit
+fi
 modprobe -v amdgpu ip_block_mask=0xff ppfeaturemask=0 dpm=0 audio=0
 echo "Running {} {}"
 echo "{}" | base64 -d > myapp