Firefox asks for a master password on startup, instead of only when accessing passwords.

I have a master password set, which is asked for if I go to a site that requires a password I've set, or if I want to check my passwords.
Lately, it's started asking for the password on starting Firefox. I can enter the password, or just close the box or hit 'cancel'. Doing any of those things lets me browse, but the latter two at least result in getting the "please enter the master password for the software security device" box again and again.
I DO want a master password, but I DON'T want it to be asked for when I start browsing.

Firefox Sync also requires a Master Password to get the user name, password, and sync key from the Password Manager (Software Security device).

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454 firefox 0.0 00:02.80 25 2 183 534 64M 47M 102M 120M 2894M 454 144 sleeping 1049
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I can post logs from Rember and Disk Utility if that would help.
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Application Basics
Name: Firefox
Version: 24.0
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/24.0
Extensions
Important Modified Preferences
browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20130910160258
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 24.0
extensions.lastAppVersion: 24.0
gfx.blacklist.webgl.msaa: 4
network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
plugin.importedState: true
plugin.state.silverlight: 0
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true
Graphics
Device ID: 0x 655
GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 OpenGL
Vendor ID: 0x10de
WebGL Renderer: NVIDIA Corporation -- NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OpenGL Engine
windowLayerManagerRemote: false
AzureCanvasBackend: quartz
AzureContentBackend: none
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none
JavaScript
Incremental GC: true
Accessibility
Activated: false
Prevent Accessibility: 0
Library Versions
NSPR
Expected minimum version: 4.10
Version in use: 4.10
NSS
Expected minimum version: 3.15.1 Basic ECC
Version in use: 3.15.1 Basic ECC
NSSSMIME
Expected minimum version: 3.15.1 Basic ECC
Version in use: 3.15.1 Basic ECC
NSSSSL
Expected minimum version: 3.15.1 Basic ECC
Version in use: 3.15.1 Basic ECC
NSSUTIL
Expected minimum version: 3.15.1
Version in use: 3.15.1

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