diff --git a/util/sconfig/main.c b/util/sconfig/main.c
index 5eb74dace2..27027f567c 100644
--- a/util/sconfig/main.c
+++ b/util/sconfig/main.c
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ struct device *new_chip(struct device *parent, struct device *bus, char *path) {
 	char *chip_h = malloc(strlen(path)+18);
 	sprintf(chip_h, "src/%s", path);
 	if ((stat(chip_h, &st) == -1) && (errno == ENOENT)) {
-		if (strstr(path, "/root_complex")) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: Use of deprecated chip component %s\n",
-				path);
-		} else {
+		/* root_complex gets away without a separate directory, but
+		 * exists on on pretty much all AMD chipsets.
+		 */
+		if (!strstr(path, "/root_complex")) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Chip component %s does not exist.\n",
 				path);
 			exit(1);