diff --git a/libraries/common.lib.php3 b/libraries/common.lib.php3
index c186eebb9..8016fdfca 100644
--- a/libraries/common.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/common.lib.php3
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ h1    {font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold}
      * staybyte - 26. June 2001
      */
     if (((PMA_PHP_INT_VERSION >= 40000 && !@ini_get('safe_mode') && @ini_get('enable_dl'))
-        || (PMA_PHP_INT_VERSION > 30009 && !@get_cfg_var('safe_mode')))
+        || (PMA_PHP_INT_VERSION < 40000 && PMA_PHP_INT_VERSION > 30009 && !@get_cfg_var('safe_mode')))
         && @function_exists('dl')) {
         if (PMA_PHP_INT_VERSION < 40000) {
             $extension = 'MySQL';