diff --git a/version_check.php b/version_check.php
index b2f00bc0d9..77b23e986d 100644
--- a/version_check.php
+++ b/version_check.php
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ if (isset($_SESSION['cache']['version_check'])
 } else {
     $save = true;
     $file = 'http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/version.json';
-    if (ini_get('allow_url_fopen')) {
-        $response = file_get_contents($file);
-    } else if (function_exists('curl_init')) {
+    if (function_exists('curl_init')) {
         $curl_handle = curl_init($file);
         curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
         $response = curl_exec($curl_handle);
+    } else if (ini_get('allow_url_fopen')) {
+        $response = file_get_contents($file);
     }
 }