diff --git a/src/frontend/mame/mameopts.cpp b/src/frontend/mame/mameopts.cpp
index 13233122d2b..9f489134b8d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/mame/mameopts.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/mame/mameopts.cpp
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ bool mame_options::add_slot_options(emu_options &options, std::function<void(emu
 	int starting_count = options.options_count();
 	for (const device_slot_interface &slot : slot_interface_iterator(config.root_device()))
 	{
-		// skip slots without selectable options
-		if (!slot.has_selectable_options())
+		// skip fixed slots
+		if (slot.fixed())
 			continue;
 
 		// retrieve info about the device instance