diff --git a/old-configure b/old-configure
index 8fdb6168a4..9859a31f28 100755
--- a/old-configure
+++ b/old-configure
@@ -747,14 +747,14 @@ check_pkg_config "FFmpeg/Libav" $_ffmpeg FFMPEG \
     "libavutil >= 52.48.101 libavcodec >= 55.34.1 libavformat >= 55.12.0 libswscale >= 2.1.2"
 test $(defretval) = no && die "Unable to find development files for some of the required Libav libraries above. Aborting."
 
-check_pkg_config "Libavresample" $_libavresample LIBAVRESAMPLE 'libavresample >= 1.1.0'
-_libavresample=$(defretval)
-
-_libswresample=auto
-test $_libavresample = yes && _libswresample=no
 check_pkg_config "Libswresample" $_libswresample LIBSWRESAMPLE 'libswresample >= 0.17.104'
 _libswresample=$(defretval)
 
+_libavresample=auto
+test $_libswresample = yes && _libavresample=no
+check_pkg_config "Libavresample" $_libavresample LIBAVRESAMPLE 'libavresample >= 1.1.0'
+_libavresample=$(defretval)
+
 if test "$_libswresample" = no && test "$_libavresample" = no ; then
   die "No resampler found. Install libavresample or libswresample (FFmpeg)."
 fi
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 98b8eab1ea..d754199f82 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -385,15 +385,15 @@ libav_dependencies = [
         'req': True,
         'fmsg': "Unable to find development files for some of the required \
 Libav libraries ({0}). Aborting.".format(" ".join(libav_pkg_config_checks))
-    }, {
-        'name': '--libavresample',
-        'desc': 'libavresample',
-        'func': check_pkg_config('libavresample',  '>= 1.1.0'),
     }, {
         'name': '--libswresample',
         'desc': 'libswresample',
         'func': check_pkg_config('libswresample', '>= 0.17.104'),
-        'deps_neg': ['libavresample'],
+    }, {
+        'name': '--libavresample',
+        'desc': 'libavresample',
+        'func': check_pkg_config('libavresample',  '>= 1.1.0'),
+        'deps_neg': ['libswresample'],
     }, {
         'name': 'resampler',
         'desc': 'usable resampler found',