diff --git a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -2452,15 +2452,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  // Now that we have every file, we can decide if we will need a
-  // dynamic symbol table.
-  // We need one if we were asked to export dynamic symbols or if we are
-  // producing a shared library.
-  // We also need one if any shared libraries are used and for pie executables
-  // (probably because the dynamic linker needs it).
-  config->hasDynSymTab =
-      !sharedFiles.empty() || config->isPic || config->exportDynamic;
-
   // Some symbols (such as __ehdr_start) are defined lazily only when there
   // are undefined symbols for them, so we add these to trigger that logic.
   for (StringRef name : script->referencedSymbols) {
@@ -2579,6 +2570,7 @@
   //
   // With this the symbol table should be complete. After this, no new names
   // except a few linker-synthesized ones will be added to the symbol table.
+  const size_t numFilesBeforeLTO = files.size();
   const size_t numObjsBeforeLTO = objectFiles.size();
   invokeELFT(compileBitcodeFiles, skipLinkedOutput);
 
@@ -2594,6 +2586,23 @@
   if (skipLinkedOutput)
     return;
 
+  {
+    llvm::TimeTraceScope timeScope("Parse input files");
+    for (size_t i = numFilesBeforeLTO; i < files.size(); ++i) {
+      llvm::TimeTraceScope timeScope("Parse input files", files[i]->getName());
+      parseFile(files[i]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Now that we have every file, we can decide if we will need a
+  // dynamic symbol table.
+  // We need one if we were asked to export dynamic symbols or if we are
+  // producing a shared library.
+  // We also need one if any shared libraries are used and for pie executables
+  // (probably because the dynamic linker needs it).
+  config->hasDynSymTab =
+      !sharedFiles.empty() || config->isPic || config->exportDynamic;
+
   // compileBitcodeFiles may have produced lto.tmp object files. After this, no
   // more file will be added.
   auto newObjectFiles = makeArrayRef(objectFiles).slice(numObjsBeforeLTO);