diff --git a/clang/tools/scan-build/libexec/ccc-analyzer b/clang/tools/scan-build/libexec/ccc-analyzer
--- a/clang/tools/scan-build/libexec/ccc-analyzer
+++ b/clang/tools/scan-build/libexec/ccc-analyzer
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@
   else {
     $Cmd = $Clang;
 
+    if (defined $AnalyzerTarget) {
+      push @Args, "-target", $AnalyzerTarget;
+    }
+
     # Create arguments for doing regular parsing.
     my $SyntaxArgs = GetCCArgs($HtmlDir, "-fsyntax-only", \@Args);
     @CmdArgsSansAnalyses = @$SyntaxArgs;
@@ -245,10 +249,6 @@
       push @Args, "-Xclang", $arg;
     }
 
-    if (defined $AnalyzerTarget) {
-      push @Args, "-target", $AnalyzerTarget;
-    }
-
     my $AnalysisArgs = GetCCArgs($HtmlDir, "--analyze", \@Args);
     @CmdArgs = @$AnalysisArgs;
   }