diff --git a/ext/standard/crypt.c b/ext/standard/crypt.c
index 6bc90e2b07a..66b37eb79ea 100644
--- a/ext/standard/crypt.c
+++ b/ext/standard/crypt.c
@@ -246,6 +246,13 @@ PHPAPI zend_string *php_crypt(const char *password, const int pass_len, const ch
 	}
 #else
 
+	if (salt[0] != '$' && salt[0] != '_' && (!IS_VALID_SALT_CHARACTER(salt[0]) || !IS_VALID_SALT_CHARACTER(salt[1]))) {
+		if (!quiet) {
+			/* error consistently about invalid DES fallbacks */
+			php_error_docref(NULL, E_DEPRECATED, DES_INVALID_SALT_ERROR);
+		}
+	}
+
 # if defined(HAVE_CRYPT_R) && (defined(_REENTRANT) || defined(_THREAD_SAFE))
 	{
 #  if defined(CRYPT_R_STRUCT_CRYPT_DATA)
@@ -254,24 +261,23 @@ PHPAPI zend_string *php_crypt(const char *password, const int pass_len, const ch
 #  elif defined(CRYPT_R_CRYPTD)
 		CRYPTD buffer;
 #  else
-#    error Data struct used by crypt_r() is unknown. Please report.
+#   error Data struct used by crypt_r() is unknown. Please report.
 #  endif
-		if (salt[0] != '$' && salt[0] != '_' && (!IS_VALID_SALT_CHARACTER(salt[0]) || !IS_VALID_SALT_CHARACTER(salt[1]))) {
-			if (!quiet) {
-				/* error consistently about invalid DES fallbacks */
-				php_error_docref(NULL, E_DEPRECATED, DES_INVALID_SALT_ERROR);
-			}
-		}
 		crypt_res = crypt_r(password, salt, &buffer);
-		if (!crypt_res || (salt[0] == '*' && salt[1] == '0')) {
-			return NULL;
-		} else {
-			result = zend_string_init(crypt_res, strlen(crypt_res), 0);
-			return result;
-		}
 	}
+# elif defined(HAVE_CRYPT)
+	crypt_res = crypt(password, salt);
+# else
+#  error No crypt() implementation
 # endif
 #endif
+
+	if (!crypt_res || (salt[0] == '*' && salt[1] == '0')) {
+		return NULL;
+	} else {
+		result = zend_string_init(crypt_res, strlen(crypt_res), 0);
+		return result;
+	}
 }
 /* }}} */