diff --git a/src/openvpn/init.c b/src/openvpn/init.c
index 30ebf28..8d37a7f 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/init.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/init.c
@@ -1876,6 +1876,7 @@
         open_tun(c->options.dev, c->options.dev_type, c->options.dev_node,
                  tt, &c->net_ctx);
     }
+    msg(M_INFO, "%s device [%s] opened", print_tun_backend_driver(tt->backend_driver), tt->actual_name);
 }
 
 
@@ -2056,7 +2057,7 @@
 do_close_tun_simple(struct context *c)
 {
     msg(D_CLOSE, "Closing %s interface",
-        dco_enabled(&c->options) ? "DCO" : "TUN/TAP");
+        print_tun_backend_driver(c->c1.tuntap->backend_driver));
 
     if (c->c1.tuntap)
     {
diff --git a/src/openvpn/tun.c b/src/openvpn/tun.c
index 8f30c41..cef54d0 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/tun.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/tun.c
@@ -6680,7 +6680,6 @@
      * GUID using the registry */
     tt->actual_name = string_alloc((const char *)actual_buffer, NULL);
 
-    msg(M_INFO, "%s device [%s] opened", print_tun_backend_driver(tt->backend_driver), tt->actual_name);
     tt->adapter_index = get_adapter_index(*device_guid);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/openvpn/tun.h b/src/openvpn/tun.h
index 5287e0c..c52fd22 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/tun.h
+++ b/src/openvpn/tun.h
@@ -363,6 +363,12 @@
 
 void warn_on_use_of_common_subnets(openvpn_net_ctx_t *ctx);
 
+/**
+ * Return a string representation of the tun backed driver type
+ */
+const char *
+print_tun_backend_driver(enum tun_driver_type driver);
+
 /*
  * Should ifconfig be called before or after
  * tun dev open?
@@ -695,9 +701,6 @@
     return tuntap_is_dco_win(tt) && (status < 0) && (openvpn_errno() == ERROR_NETNAME_DELETED);
 }
 
-const char *
-print_tun_backend_driver(enum tun_driver_type driver);
-
 #else  /* ifdef _WIN32 */
 
 static inline bool