diff --git a/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp b/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
index 2c6257a0323..343a73988d1 100644
--- a/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
+++ b/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ static ld_plugin_status cleanup_hook(void);
 
 extern "C" ld_plugin_status onload(ld_plugin_tv *tv);
 ld_plugin_status onload(ld_plugin_tv *tv) {
+  InitializeAllTargetInfos();
+  InitializeAllTargets();
+  InitializeAllTargetMCs();
+  InitializeAllAsmParsers();
+  InitializeAllAsmPrinters();
+
   // We're given a pointer to the first transfer vector. We read through them
   // until we find one where tv_tag == LDPT_NULL. The REGISTER_* tagged values
   // contain pointers to functions that we need to call to register our own
@@ -228,11 +234,6 @@ ld_plugin_status onload(ld_plugin_tv *tv) {
   if (!RegisteredAllSymbolsRead)
     return LDPS_OK;
 
-  InitializeAllTargetInfos();
-  InitializeAllTargets();
-  InitializeAllTargetMCs();
-  InitializeAllAsmParsers();
-  InitializeAllAsmPrinters();
   CodeGen = new LTOCodeGenerator();
 
   // Pass through extra options to the code generator.