Index: ELF/Driver.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 LinkerDriver *elf::Driver;
 
 bool elf::link(ArrayRef<const char *> Args, raw_ostream &Error) {
+  initSymbols();
+
   HasError = false;
   ErrorOS = &Error;
   Configuration C;
@@ -318,14 +320,6 @@
     error("no input files.");
 }
 
-template <class ELFT> static void initSymbols() {
-  ElfSym<ELFT>::Etext.setBinding(STB_GLOBAL);
-  ElfSym<ELFT>::Edata.setBinding(STB_GLOBAL);
-  ElfSym<ELFT>::End.setBinding(STB_GLOBAL);
-  ElfSym<ELFT>::Ignored.setBinding(STB_WEAK);
-  ElfSym<ELFT>::Ignored.setVisibility(STV_HIDDEN);
-}
-
 template <class ELFT> void LinkerDriver::link(opt::InputArgList &Args) {
   // For LTO
   InitializeAllTargets();
@@ -333,8 +327,6 @@
   InitializeAllAsmPrinters();
   InitializeAllAsmParsers();
 
-  initSymbols<ELFT>();
-
   SymbolTable<ELFT> Symtab;
   std::unique_ptr<TargetInfo> TI(createTarget());
   Target = TI.get();
Index: ELF/Symbols.h
===================================================================
--- ELF/Symbols.h
+++ ELF/Symbols.h
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 template <class ELFT> class OutputSectionBase;
 template <class ELFT> class SharedFile;
 
+// Initializes global objects defined in this file.
+// Called at the beginning of main().
+void initSymbols();
+
 // Returns a demangled C++ symbol name. If Name is not a mangled
 // name or the system does not provide __cxa_demangle function,
 // it returns the unmodified string.
Index: ELF/Symbols.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Symbols.cpp
+++ ELF/Symbols.cpp
@@ -257,6 +257,21 @@
   return createObjectFile(MBRef, File->getName());
 }
 
+template <class ELFT> static void doInitSymbols() {
+  ElfSym<ELFT>::Etext.setBinding(STB_GLOBAL);
+  ElfSym<ELFT>::Edata.setBinding(STB_GLOBAL);
+  ElfSym<ELFT>::End.setBinding(STB_GLOBAL);
+  ElfSym<ELFT>::Ignored.setBinding(STB_WEAK);
+  ElfSym<ELFT>::Ignored.setVisibility(STV_HIDDEN);
+}
+
+void elf::initSymbols() {
+  doInitSymbols<ELF32LE>();
+  doInitSymbols<ELF32BE>();
+  doInitSymbols<ELF64LE>();
+  doInitSymbols<ELF64BE>();
+}
+
 // Returns the demangled C++ symbol name for Name.
 std::string elf::demangle(StringRef Name) {
 #if !defined(HAVE_CXXABI_H)