diff --git a/client/gpu_detect.cpp b/client/gpu_detect.cpp
index 5a5f8332e2..b7e7f52f00 100644
--- a/client/gpu_detect.cpp
+++ b/client/gpu_detect.cpp
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ int COPROCS::launch_child_process_to_detect_gpus() {
         0,
         prog
     );
+
     chdir(dataDir);
     
     if (retval) {
@@ -497,18 +498,14 @@ int COPROCS::launch_child_process_to_detect_gpus() {
         }
         return retval;
     }
-    
-    // Wait for child to run and exit
-    for (i=0; i<300; ++i) {
-        if (process_exists(prog)) break;
-//        if (boinc_file_exists(COPROC_INFO_FILENAME)) break;
-        boinc_sleep(0.01);
+
+    retval = get_exit_status(prog);
+    if (retval) {
+        msg_printf(0, MSG_INFO,
+            "GPU detection failed. error code %d",
+            retval
+        );
     }
-    
-    for (;;) {
-        if (process_exists(prog)) break;
-        boinc_sleep(0.01);
-    }
-    
+
     return 0;
 }