diff --git a/Mk/plugins.mk b/Mk/plugins.mk
index a74b6c76f..26be14e76 100644
--- a/Mk/plugins.mk
+++ b/Mk/plugins.mk
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ PLUGIN_SUFFIX?=		-devel
 
 .if !empty(PLUGIN_VARIANTS)
 PLUGIN_VARIANT?=	${PLUGIN_VARIANTS:[1]}
-.endif
-
 .if "${PLUGIN_VARIANT}" == ""
 .error Plugin variant cannot be empty
 .else
@@ -83,6 +81,7 @@ PLUGIN_CONFLICTS+=	${${_PLUGIN_VARIANT}_NAME}
 .endfor
 PLUGIN_DEPENDS+=	${${PLUGIN_VARIANT}_DEPENDS}
 .endif
+.endif
 
 .if !empty(PLUGIN_NAME)
 PLUGIN_DIR?=		${.CURDIR:S/\// /g:[-2]}/${.CURDIR:S/\// /g:[-1]}