diff --git a/src/check-def.sh b/src/check-def.sh
index c4003620e..f28be7c33 100755
--- a/src/check-def.sh
+++ b/src/check-def.sh
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ for def in $defs; do
 	lib=`echo "$lib" | sed 's@.*/@@'`
 	so=.libs/lib${lib}.so
 
-	echo Checking that $so has the same symbol list as $def
-
-
 	test -f "$so" || continue
 
+	echo Checking that $so has the same symbol list as $def
+
 	{
 		echo EXPORTS
 		eval $get_cairo_syms | grep -v '^_cairo_test_\|^_fini\|^_init' | sort -u