diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 89872dab3c9611ad80524c487842d1ec9e3c4b71..4f2ad7a8aaead5a78e0918eb6bbe1b3379228f9e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1931,12 +1931,12 @@ for type in decoder encoder parser demuxer muxer protocol bsf indev outdev; do
     echo $partlist
 done
 
-echo "Creating config.mak and config.h..."
-
 enabled gpl &&
     echo "License: GPL" ||
     echo "License: LGPL"
 
+echo "Creating config.mak and config.h..."
+
 echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify!" > config.mak
 echo "/* Automatically generated by configure - do not modify! */" > $TMPH
 echo "#ifndef FFMPEG_CONFIG_H" >> $TMPH