diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/identify.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/identify.py
index 53fb3a9ea4..5bc0c5b256 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/identify.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/identify.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def identify(log, abort, title=None, authors=None, identifiers=[], timeout=30):
         time.sleep(0.2)
 
         if get_results() and first_result_at is None:
-                first_result_at = time.time()
+            first_result_at = time.time()
 
         if not is_worker_alive(workers):
             break