diff --git a/.changeset/curly-starfishes-end.md b/.changeset/curly-starfishes-end.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d08589c785f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/curly-starfishes-end.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/headless": major
+"@pnpm/core": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+Don't print "Lockfile is up-to-date" message before finishing all the lockfile checks [#6544](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/6544).
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/src/install/index.ts b/pkg-manager/core/src/install/index.ts
index 2b51ada00ba..d02e869aefa 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/core/src/install/index.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/core/src/install/index.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
   type PatchFile,
 } from '@pnpm/lockfile-file'
 import { writePnpFile } from '@pnpm/lockfile-to-pnp'
-import { extendProjectsWithTargetDirs } from '@pnpm/lockfile-utils'
+import { extendProjectsWithTargetDirs, satisfiesPackageManifest } from '@pnpm/lockfile-utils'
 import { logger, globalInfo, streamParser } from '@pnpm/logger'
 import { getAllDependenciesFromManifest } from '@pnpm/manifest-utils'
 import { writeModulesManifest } from '@pnpm/modules-yaml'
@@ -401,6 +401,25 @@ Note that in CI environments, this setting is enabled by default.`,
           }
         )
       }
+      if (!opts.ignorePackageManifest) {
+        const _satisfiesPackageManifest = satisfiesPackageManifest.bind(null, {
+          autoInstallPeers: opts.autoInstallPeers,
+          excludeLinksFromLockfile: opts.excludeLinksFromLockfile,
+        })
+        for (const { id, manifest, rootDir } of Object.values(ctx.projects)) {
+          const { satisfies, detailedReason } = _satisfiesPackageManifest(ctx.wantedLockfile.importers[id], manifest)
+          if (!satisfies) {
+            throw new PnpmError('OUTDATED_LOCKFILE',
+              `Cannot install with "frozen-lockfile" because ${WANTED_LOCKFILE} is not up to date with ` +
+              path.relative(opts.lockfileDir, path.join(rootDir, 'package.json')), {
+                hint: `Note that in CI environments this setting is true by default. If you still need to run install in such cases, use "pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile"
+
+    Failure reason:
+    ${detailedReason ?? ''}`,
+              })
+          }
+        }
+      }
       if (opts.lockfileOnly) {
         // The lockfile will only be changed if the workspace will have new projects with no dependencies.
         await writeWantedLockfile(ctx.lockfileDir, ctx.wantedLockfile)
diff --git a/pkg-manager/headless/src/index.ts b/pkg-manager/headless/src/index.ts
index 67117392497..75ceaa0e1af 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/headless/src/index.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/headless/src/index.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   statsLogger,
   summaryLogger,
 } from '@pnpm/core-loggers'
-import { PnpmError } from '@pnpm/error'
 import {
   filterLockfileByImportersAndEngine,
 } from '@pnpm/filter-lockfile'
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ import { writePnpFile } from '@pnpm/lockfile-to-pnp'
 import {
   extendProjectsWithTargetDirs,
   nameVerFromPkgSnapshot,
-  satisfiesPackageManifest,
 } from '@pnpm/lockfile-utils'
 import {
   type LogBase,
@@ -194,26 +192,6 @@ export async function headlessInstall (opts: HeadlessOptions): Promise<Installat
   const publicHoistedModulesDir = rootModulesDir
   const selectedProjects = Object.values(pick(opts.selectedProjectDirs, opts.allProjects))
 
-  if (!opts.ignorePackageManifest) {
-    const _satisfiesPackageManifest = satisfiesPackageManifest.bind(null, {
-      autoInstallPeers: opts.autoInstallPeers,
-      excludeLinksFromLockfile: opts.excludeLinksFromLockfile,
-    })
-    for (const { id, manifest, rootDir } of selectedProjects) {
-      const { satisfies, detailedReason } = _satisfiesPackageManifest(wantedLockfile.importers[id], manifest)
-      if (!satisfies) {
-        throw new PnpmError('OUTDATED_LOCKFILE',
-          `Cannot install with "frozen-lockfile" because ${WANTED_LOCKFILE} is not up to date with ` +
-          path.relative(lockfileDir, path.join(rootDir, 'package.json')), {
-            hint: `Note that in CI environments this setting is true by default. If you still need to run install in such cases, use "pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile"
-
-Failure reason:
-${detailedReason ?? ''}`,
-          })
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   const scriptsOpts = {
     optional: false,
     extraBinPaths: opts.extraBinPaths,