diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGUI.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGUI.cmake
index f44261c3c1..05de58cad7 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGUI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGUI.cmake
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ if(WITH_GTK AND NOT HAVE_QT)
   if(NOT WITH_GTK_2_X)
     CHECK_MODULE(gtk+-3.0 HAVE_GTK3)
     set(HAVE_GTK HAVE_GTK3)
-  else()
+  endif()
+  if(NOT HAVE_GTK)
     CHECK_MODULE(gtk+-2.0 HAVE_GTK)
     if(HAVE_GTK AND (ALIASOF_gtk+-2.0_VERSION VERSION_LESS MIN_VER_GTK))
       message (FATAL_ERROR "GTK support requires a minimum version of ${MIN_VER_GTK} (${ALIASOF_gtk+-2.0_VERSION} found)")