diff --git a/inc/infoutils.php b/inc/infoutils.php
index 7358955a024d3681300a5b0f9e8cc50f6b86df91..3636d86a1ae8e9b5d3d7e546f82b0e353b8b7eeb 100644
--- a/inc/infoutils.php
+++ b/inc/infoutils.php
@@ -105,12 +105,16 @@ function check(){
 
     if ($INFO['isadmin'] || $INFO['ismanager']){
         msg('DokuWiki version: '.getVersion(),1);
-    }
 
-    if(version_compare(phpversion(),'5.2.0','<')){
-        msg('Your PHP version is too old ('.phpversion().' vs. 5.2.0+ needed)',-1);
-    }else{
-        msg('PHP version '.phpversion(),1);
+        if(version_compare(phpversion(),'5.2.0','<')){
+            msg('Your PHP version is too old ('.phpversion().' vs. 5.2.0+ needed)',-1);
+        }else{
+            msg('PHP version '.phpversion(),1);
+        }
+    } else {
+        if(version_compare(phpversion(),'5.2.0','<')){
+            msg('Your PHP version is too old',-1);
+        }
     }
 
     $mem = (int) php_to_byte(ini_get('memory_limit'));