diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
index 5524043b620..7538282690e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ QVector<AndroidDeviceInfo> AndroidConfigurations::androidVirtualDevices() const
 
 QString AndroidConfigurations::startAVD(const QString &name, int apiLevel, QString cpuAbi) const
 {
-    if (startAVDAsync(name))
+    if (findAvd(apiLevel, cpuAbi) || startAVDAsync(name))
         return waitForAvd(apiLevel, cpuAbi);
     return QString();
 }
@@ -643,6 +643,21 @@ bool AndroidConfigurations::startAVDAsync(const QString &avdName) const
     return true;
 }
 
+bool AndroidConfigurations::findAvd(int apiLevel, const QString &cpuAbi) const
+{
+    QVector<AndroidDeviceInfo> devices = connectedDevices();
+    foreach (AndroidDeviceInfo device, devices) {
+        if (!device.serialNumber.startsWith(QLatin1String("emulator")))
+            continue;
+        if (!device.cpuAbi.contains(cpuAbi))
+            continue;
+        if (device.sdk != apiLevel)
+            continue;
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 QString AndroidConfigurations::waitForAvd(int apiLevel, const QString &cpuAbi) const
 {
     // we cannot use adb -e wait-for-device, since that doesn't work if a emulator is already running
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h
index 64d7e080684..38af17330fe 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ public:
     QVector<AndroidDeviceInfo> androidVirtualDevices() const;
     QString startAVD(const QString &name, int apiLevel, QString cpuAbi) const;
     bool startAVDAsync(const QString &avdName) const;
+    bool findAvd(int apiLevel, const QString &cpuAbi) const;
     QString waitForAvd(int apiLevel, const QString &cpuAbi) const;
     QString bestNdkPlatformMatch(const QString &targetAPI) const;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
index 349af217347..405f317ef50 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
@@ -287,7 +287,8 @@ bool AndroidDeployQtStep::init()
     if (!result)
         return false;
 
-    AndroidConfigurations::instance().startAVDAsync(m_avdName);
+    if (!AndroidConfigurations::instance().findAvd(m_deviceAPILevel, m_targetArch))
+        AndroidConfigurations::instance().startAVDAsync(m_avdName);
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddeploystep.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddeploystep.cpp
index 3fadfce5fe8..d8264898d87 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddeploystep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddeploystep.cpp
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@ void AndroidDeployStep::deployFiles(QProcess *process, const QList<DeployItem> &
 bool AndroidDeployStep::deployPackage()
 {
     if (!m_avdName.isEmpty()) {
-        if (!AndroidConfigurations::instance().startAVDAsync(m_avdName))
+        if (!AndroidConfigurations::instance().findAvd(m_deviceAPILevel, m_targetArch)
+                && !AndroidConfigurations::instance().startAVDAsync(m_avdName))
             return false;
         m_deviceSerialNumber = AndroidConfigurations::instance().waitForAvd(m_deviceAPILevel, m_targetArch);
     }