diff --git a/intern/cycles/integrator/denoiser.cpp b/intern/cycles/integrator/denoiser.cpp
index 2a5f99f358b..28cdeeb630a 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/integrator/denoiser.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/integrator/denoiser.cpp
@@ -125,20 +125,41 @@ static Device *find_best_device(Device *device, DenoiserType type)
   return best_device;
 }
 
+static DeviceInfo find_best_denoiser_device_info(const vector<DeviceInfo> &device_infos,
+                                                 DenoiserType denoiser_type)
+{
+  for (const DeviceInfo &device_info : device_infos) {
+    if ((device_info.denoisers & denoiser_type) == 0) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    /* TODO(sergey): Use one of the already configured devices, so that OptiX denoising can happen
+     * on a physical CUDA device which is already used for rendering. */
+
+    /* TODO(sergey): Choose fastest device for denoising. */
+
+    return device_info;
+  }
+
+  DeviceInfo none_device;
+  none_device.type = DEVICE_NONE;
+  return none_device;
+}
+
 static unique_ptr<Device> create_denoiser_device(Device *path_trace_device,
-                                                 const uint device_type_mask)
+                                                 const uint device_type_mask,
+                                                 DenoiserType denoiser_type)
 {
   const vector<DeviceInfo> device_infos = Device::available_devices(device_type_mask);
   if (device_infos.empty()) {
     return nullptr;
   }
 
-  /* TODO(sergey): Use one of the already configured devices, so that OptiX denoising can happen on
-   * a physical CUDA device which is already used for rendering. */
-
-  /* TODO(sergey): Choose fastest device for denoising. */
-
-  const DeviceInfo denoiser_device_info = device_infos.front();
+  const DeviceInfo denoiser_device_info = find_best_denoiser_device_info(device_infos,
+                                                                         denoiser_type);
+  if (denoiser_device_info.type == DEVICE_NONE) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
 
   unique_ptr<Device> denoiser_device(
       Device::create(denoiser_device_info, path_trace_device->stats, path_trace_device->profiler));
@@ -186,7 +207,8 @@ Device *Denoiser::ensure_denoiser_device(Progress *progress)
   device_creation_attempted_ = true;
 
   const uint device_type_mask = get_device_type_mask();
-  local_denoiser_device_ = create_denoiser_device(path_trace_device_, device_type_mask);
+  local_denoiser_device_ = create_denoiser_device(
+      path_trace_device_, device_type_mask, params_.type);
   denoiser_device_ = local_denoiser_device_.get();
 
   return denoiser_device_;
diff --git a/intern/cycles/integrator/denoiser_oidn.cpp b/intern/cycles/integrator/denoiser_oidn.cpp
index a08aec513fc..4676e69c4fb 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/integrator/denoiser_oidn.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/integrator/denoiser_oidn.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ OIDNDenoiser::OIDNDenoiser(Device *path_trace_device, const DenoiseParams &param
     : Denoiser(path_trace_device, params)
 {
   DCHECK_EQ(params.type, DENOISER_OPENIMAGEDENOISE);
-
-  DCHECK(openimagedenoise_supported()) << "OpenImageDenoiser is not supported on this platform.";
 }
 
 #ifdef WITH_OPENIMAGEDENOISE
@@ -585,6 +583,9 @@ bool OIDNDenoiser::denoise_buffer(const BufferParams &buffer_params,
                                   const int num_samples,
                                   bool allow_inplace_modification)
 {
+  DCHECK(openimagedenoise_supported())
+      << "OpenImageDenoiser is not supported on this platform or build.";
+
 #ifdef WITH_OPENIMAGEDENOISE
   thread_scoped_lock lock(mutex_);
 
@@ -635,4 +636,20 @@ uint OIDNDenoiser::get_device_type_mask() const
   return DEVICE_MASK_CPU;
 }
 
+Device *OIDNDenoiser::ensure_denoiser_device(Progress *progress)
+{
+#ifndef WITH_OPENIMAGEDENOISE
+  path_trace_device_->set_error("Build without OpenImageDenoiser");
+  return nullptr;
+#else
+  if (!openimagedenoise_supported()) {
+    path_trace_device_->set_error(
+        "OpenImageDenoiser is not supported on this CPU: missing SSE 4.1 support");
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+  return Denoiser::ensure_denoiser_device(progress);
+#endif
+}
+
 CCL_NAMESPACE_END
diff --git a/intern/cycles/integrator/denoiser_oidn.h b/intern/cycles/integrator/denoiser_oidn.h
index a0ec3e26b9c..2b815be973e 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/integrator/denoiser_oidn.h
+++ b/intern/cycles/integrator/denoiser_oidn.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class OIDNDenoiser : public Denoiser {
 
  protected:
   virtual uint get_device_type_mask() const override;
+  virtual Device *ensure_denoiser_device(Progress *progress) override;
 
   /* We only perform one denoising at a time, since OpenImageDenoise itself is multithreaded.
    * Use this mutex whenever images are passed to the OIDN and needs to be denoised. */