diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/Driver.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/Driver.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/Driver.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/Driver.cpp
@@ -3888,9 +3888,15 @@
     }
   }
 
+  const llvm::Triple &RawTriple = C.getDefaultToolChain().getTriple();
+  if (RawTriple.isOSAIX())
+    if (Arg *A = C.getArgs().getLastArg(options::OPT_G))
+      Diag(diag::err_drv_unsupported_opt_for_target)
+          << A->getSpelling() << RawTriple.str();
+
   // Collect the list of architectures.
   llvm::StringSet<> ArchNames;
-  if (C.getDefaultToolChain().getTriple().isOSBinFormatMachO())
+  if (RawTriple.isOSBinFormatMachO())
     for (const Arg *A : C.getArgs())
       if (A->getOption().matches(options::OPT_arch))
         ArchNames.insert(A->getValue());
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
@@ -4958,11 +4958,6 @@
   if (D.CCGenDiagnostics)
     CmdArgs.push_back("-disable-pragma-debug-crash");
 
-  if (RawTriple.isOSAIX())
-    if (Arg *A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_G))
-      D.Diag(diag::err_drv_unsupported_opt_for_target)
-          << A->getSpelling() << RawTriple.str();
-
   bool UseSeparateSections = isUseSeparateSections(Triple);
 
   if (Args.hasFlag(options::OPT_ffunction_sections,
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/aix-err-options.c b/clang/test/Driver/aix-err-options.c
--- a/clang/test/Driver/aix-err-options.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/aix-err-options.c
@@ -1,7 +1,28 @@
-// RUN: %clang -target powerpc32-ibm-aix-xcoff -### -S -emit-llvm -G 0 2>&1 %s | \
+// RUN: %clang -target powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -### -E -G 0 2>&1 %s | \
 // RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK32 %s
+// RUN: %clang -target powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -### -S -emit-llvm -G 0 2>&1 %s | \
+// RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK32 %s
+// RUN: %clang -target powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -### -c -G 0 2>&1 %s | \
+// RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK32 %s
+// RUN: %clang -target powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -### -c \
+// RUN:     %S/Inputs/aix_ppc_tree/dummy0.s -G 0 2>&1 | \
+// RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK32 %s
+// RUN: %clang -target powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -### -o dummy.so \
+// RUN:     %S/Inputs/aix_ppc_tree/dummy0.o -G 0 2>&1 | \
+// RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK32 %s
+
+// RUN: %clang -target powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff -### -E -G 0 2>&1 %s | \
+// RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK64 %s
 // RUN: %clang -target powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff -### -S -emit-llvm -G 0 2>&1 %s | \
 // RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK64 %s
+// RUN: %clang -target powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff -### -c -G 0 2>&1 %s | \
+// RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK64 %s
+// RUN: %clang -target powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff -### -c \
+// RUN:     %S/Inputs/aix_ppc_tree/dummy0.s -G 0 2>&1 | \
+// RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK64 %s
+// RUN: %clang -target powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff -### -o dummy.so \
+// RUN:     %S/Inputs/aix_ppc_tree/dummy0.o -G 0 2>&1 | \
+// RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK64 %s
 
-// CHECK32: error: unsupported option '-G' for target 'powerpc32-ibm-aix-xcoff'
+// CHECK32: error: unsupported option '-G' for target 'powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff'
 // CHECK64: error: unsupported option '-G' for target 'powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff'