diff --git a/mailchimp.install b/mailchimp.install
index f5613808187a50a5be7c20011b4853275a669418..8cebb41d44fb90c023111d82cdd2baf48d6a3bda 100644
--- a/mailchimp.install
+++ b/mailchimp.install
@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ function mailchimp_requirements($phase) {
   // Ensure translations don't break at install time
   $t = get_t();
 
+  if ($phase == 'update') {
+    $path = drupal_get_path('module', 'libraries') . '/libraries.info';
+    $info = drupal_parse_info_file($path);
+    if (version_compare($info['version'], '7.x-2.0', '<')) {
+      $requirements['mailchimp'] = array(
+        'title' => $t('Mailchimp'),
+        'value' => '7.x-2.x',
+        'description' => $t('libraries 2.x is required for MailChimp 7.x-2.8 or higher.'),
+        'severity' => REQUIREMENT_ERROR
+      );
+      return $requirements;
+    }
+  }
+
   // Report Drupal version
   if (in_array($phase, array('runtime', 'update'))) {
     $library = libraries_detect('mailchimp');
@@ -46,18 +60,6 @@ function mailchimp_requirements($phase) {
       );
     }
   }
-  if ($phase == 'update') {
-    $path = drupal_get_path('module', libraries) . '/libraries.info';
-    $info = drupal_parse_info_file($path);
-    if (version_compare($info['version'], '7.x-2.0', '<')) {
-      $requirements['libraries'] = array(
-        'title' => $t('Libraries'),
-        'value' => '7.x-2.x',
-        'description' => $t('libraries 2.x is required for MailChimp.'),
-        'severity' => REQUIREMENT_ERROR
-      );
-    }
-  }
 
   return $requirements;
 }