diff --git a/support/scripts/graph-depends b/support/scripts/graph-depends
index efb73d28f6..fcf3ccab17 100755
--- a/support/scripts/graph-depends
+++ b/support/scripts/graph-depends
@@ -403,15 +403,14 @@ def print_pkg_deps(depth, pkg):
         return
     if max_depth == 0 or depth < max_depth:
         for d in dict_deps[pkg]:
+            if dict_version.get(d) == "virtual" \
+               and "virtual" in exclude_list:
+                continue
             add = True
             for p in exclude_list:
                 if fnmatch(d,p):
                     add = False
                     break
-                if dict_version.get(d) == "virtual" \
-                and "virtual" in exclude_list:
-                    add = False
-                    break
             if add:
                 outfile.write("%s -> %s\n" % (pkg_node_name(pkg), pkg_node_name(d)))
                 print_pkg_deps(depth+1, d)