From 440a990f2fb267425a42be9a54e1daacf25b6eb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2023 12:13:22 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 src/calibre/gui2/ui.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
index a4d7087d9e..213866bb2e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
@@ -471,9 +471,9 @@ class Main(MainWindow, MainWindowMixin, DeviceMixin, EmailMixin,  # {{{
         self.focus_current_view()
 
     def start_smartdevice(self):
-        timed_print('Starting the smartdevice driver')
         message = None
         if self.device_manager.get_option('smartdevice', 'autostart'):
+            timed_print('Starting the smartdevice driver')
             with BusyCursor():
                 try:
                     message = self.device_manager.start_plugin('smartdevice')