diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43b0060938..bc90983453 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ OCV_OPTION(WITH_AVFOUNDATION "Use AVFoundation for Video I/O (iOS/Mac)" ON
   VISIBLE_IF APPLE
   VERIFY HAVE_AVFOUNDATION)
 OCV_OPTION(WITH_CARBON "Use Carbon for UI instead of Cocoa (OBSOLETE)" OFF
-  VISIBLE_IF APPLE
-  VERIFY HAVE_CARBON OR HAVE_COCOA)
+  VISIBLE_IF (APPLE OR HAVE_COCOA)
+  VERIFY HAVE_CARBON)
 OCV_OPTION(WITH_CAROTENE "Use NVidia carotene acceleration library for ARM platform" ON
   VISIBLE_IF (ARM OR AARCH64) AND NOT IOS AND NOT (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.11"))
 OCV_OPTION(WITH_CPUFEATURES "Use cpufeatures Android library" ON