diff --git a/Meta/run.sh b/Meta/run.sh
index a2b366dc78..0115adc726 100755
--- a/Meta/run.sh
+++ b/Meta/run.sh
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ $SERENITY_SPICE_SERVER_CHARDEV
 "
 
 if [ "$SERENITY_ARCH" != "aarch64" ]; then
-    if "${SERENITY_QEMU_BIN}" -chardev help | grep -iq spice; then
+    if [ "${SERENITY_SPICE}" ] && "${SERENITY_QEMU_BIN}" -chardev help | grep -iq spice; then
         SERENITY_COMMON_QEMU_ARGS="$SERENITY_COMMON_QEMU_ARGS
         -spice port=5930,agent-mouse=off,disable-ticketing=on
         "