diff --git a/port/fast3d/gfx_opengl.cpp b/port/fast3d/gfx_opengl.cpp
index d446f111f..44c420e10 100644
--- a/port/fast3d/gfx_opengl.cpp
+++ b/port/fast3d/gfx_opengl.cpp
@@ -396,25 +396,22 @@ static struct ShaderProgram* gfx_opengl_create_and_load_new_shader(uint64_t shad
 
     if (cc_features.opt_blur) {
         // blur filter, used for menu backgrounds
+        // used to be two for loops from 0 to 4, but apparently intel drivers crashed trying to unroll it
         append_line(fs_buf, &fs_len, R"(
-            const vec4 blurOffsets = vec4(-1.5, -0.5, +0.5, +1.5);
-            const mat4 blurWeights = mat4(
+            const lowp float blurWeights[16] = float[16](
                 0.009947, 0.009641, 0.008778, 0.007509,
                 0.009641, 0.009345, 0.008508, 0.007278,
                 0.008778, 0.008508, 0.007747, 0.006626,
                 0.007509, 0.007278, 0.006626, 0.005668
             );
-            lowp vec4 hookTexture2D(in sampler2D tex, in vec2 texCoord, in vec2 texSize) {
-                lowp vec4 color = vec4(0.0);
-                lowp float wacc = 0.0;
-                for (int y = 0; y < 4; ++y) {
-                    for (int x = 0; x < 4; ++x) {
-                        vec2 ofs = vec2(blurOffsets[x], blurOffsets[y]) / texSize;
-                        wacc += blurWeights[x][y];
-                        color += texture2D(tex, texCoord + ofs) * blurWeights[x][y];
-                    }
+            lowp vec4 hookTexture2D(in sampler2D t, in vec2 uv, in vec2 tsize) {
+                lowp vec4 cw = vec4(0.0);
+                for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
+                    vec2 xy = vec2(float(i & 3), float(i >> 2));
+                    vec2 ofs = (vec2(-1.5) + xy) / tsize;
+                    cw += vec4(texture2D(t, uv + ofs).rgb * blurWeights[i], blurWeights[i]);
                 }
-                return vec4(color.rgb / wacc, 1.0);
+                return vec4(cw.rgb / cw.a, 1.0);
             })"
         );
     } else if (current_filter_mode == FILTER_THREE_POINT) {