diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/android/driver.py b/src/calibre/devices/android/driver.py
index 73e6bd0dad..d478f47cea 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/android/driver.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/android/driver.py
@@ -200,7 +200,10 @@ class ANDROID(USBMS):
         return dirs
 
     def windows_sort_drives(self, drives):
-        vid, pid, bcd = self.device_being_opened[:3]
+        try:
+            vid, pid, bcd = self.device_being_opened[:3]
+        except:
+            vid, pid, bcd = -1, -1, -1
         if (vid, pid, bcd) == (0x0e79, 0x1408, 0x0222):
             letter_a = drives.get('carda', None)
             if letter_a is not None: