diff --git a/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk b/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk
index 2e06047c56..bad31cec8a 100644
--- a/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk
+++ b/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ CRYPTSETUP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 CRYPTSETUP_CONF_ENV += LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)"
 CRYPTSETUP_CONF_OPTS += --enable-blkid --enable-libargon2
 
-# cryptsetup uses libgcrypt by default, but can be configured to use OpenSSL
+# cryptsetup uses OpenSSL by default, but can be configured to use libgcrypt
 # or kernel crypto modules instead
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+CRYPTSETUP_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+CRYPTSETUP_CONF_OPTS += --with-crypto_backend=openssl
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT),y)
 CRYPTSETUP_DEPENDENCIES += libgcrypt
 CRYPTSETUP_CONF_ENV += LIBGCRYPT_CONFIG=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/libgcrypt-config
 CRYPTSETUP_CONF_OPTS += --with-crypto_backend=gcrypt
-else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
-CRYPTSETUP_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
-CRYPTSETUP_CONF_OPTS += --with-crypto_backend=openssl
 else
 CRYPTSETUP_CONF_OPTS += --with-crypto_backend=kernel
 endif