Index: lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@
 void LinkerDriver::main(ArrayRef<const char *> ArgsArr) {
   ELFOptTable Parser;
   opt::InputArgList Args = Parser.parse(ArgsArr.slice(1));
+  checkZOptions(Args);
 
   // Interpret this flag early because error() depends on them.
   errorHandler().ErrorLimit = args::getInteger(Args, OPT_error_limit, 20);
@@ -413,7 +414,6 @@
   }
 
   readConfigs(Args);
-  checkZOptions(Args);
 
   // The behavior of -v or --version is a bit strange, but this is
   // needed for compatibility with GNU linkers.
Index: lld/test/ELF/driver.test
===================================================================
--- lld/test/ELF/driver.test
+++ lld/test/ELF/driver.test
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 # ERR9: cannot open output file utput=/no/such/file
 
 # RUN: not ld.lld %t -z foo 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=ERR10 %s
+# RUN: not ld.lld %t -z foo --version 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=ERR10 %s
 # ERR10: unknown -z value: foo
 
 ## Check we report "unknown -z value" error even with -v.