diff --git a/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp b/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
 
 bool link(ArrayRef<const char *> args, bool canExitEarly, raw_ostream &stdoutOS,
           raw_ostream &stderrOS) {
+  lld::stdoutOS = &stdoutOS;
+  lld::stderrOS = &stderrOS;
+
   errorHandler().logName = args::getFilenameWithoutExe(args[0]);
   errorHandler().errorLimitExceededMsg =
       "too many errors emitted, stopping now"
@@ -71,9 +74,6 @@
   errorHandler().exitEarly = canExitEarly;
   enableColors(stderrOS.has_colors());
 
-  lld::stdoutOS = &stdoutOS;
-  lld::stderrOS = &stderrOS;
-
   config = make<Configuration>();
   symtab = make<SymbolTable>();
   driver = make<LinkerDriver>();
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@
 
 bool link(ArrayRef<const char *> args, bool canExitEarly, raw_ostream &stdoutOS,
           raw_ostream &stderrOS) {
+  lld::stdoutOS = &stdoutOS;
+  lld::stderrOS = &stderrOS;
+
   errorHandler().logName = args::getFilenameWithoutExe(args[0]);
   errorHandler().errorLimitExceededMsg =
       "too many errors emitted, stopping now (use "
@@ -84,9 +87,6 @@
   errorHandler().exitEarly = canExitEarly;
   enableColors(stderrOS.has_colors());
 
-  lld::stdoutOS = &stdoutOS;
-  lld::stderrOS = &stderrOS;
-
   inputSections.clear();
   outputSections.clear();
   binaryFiles.clear();
diff --git a/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp b/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp
@@ -161,10 +161,11 @@
 // then call coff::link.
 bool mingw::link(ArrayRef<const char *> argsArr, bool canExitEarly,
                  raw_ostream &stdoutOS, raw_ostream &stderrOS) {
-  enableColors(stderrOS.has_colors());
   lld::stdoutOS = &stdoutOS;
   lld::stderrOS = &stderrOS;
 
+  enableColors(stderrOS.has_colors());
+
   MinGWOptTable parser;
   opt::InputArgList args = parser.parse(argsArr.slice(1));
 
diff --git a/lld/lib/Driver/DarwinLdDriver.cpp b/lld/lib/Driver/DarwinLdDriver.cpp
--- a/lld/lib/Driver/DarwinLdDriver.cpp
+++ b/lld/lib/Driver/DarwinLdDriver.cpp
@@ -1145,6 +1145,9 @@
 /// This is where the link is actually performed.
 bool link(llvm::ArrayRef<const char *> args, bool CanExitEarly,
           raw_ostream &StdoutOS, raw_ostream &StderrOS) {
+  lld::stdoutOS = &StdoutOS;
+  lld::stderrOS = &StderrOS;
+
   errorHandler().logName = args::getFilenameWithoutExe(args[0]);
   errorHandler().errorLimitExceededMsg =
       "too many errors emitted, stopping now (use "
@@ -1152,9 +1155,6 @@
   errorHandler().exitEarly = CanExitEarly;
   enableColors(StderrOS.has_colors());
 
-  lld::stdoutOS = &StdoutOS;
-  lld::stderrOS = &StderrOS;
-
   MachOLinkingContext ctx;
   if (!parse(args, ctx))
     return false;
diff --git a/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp b/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
@@ -80,15 +80,15 @@
 
 bool link(ArrayRef<const char *> args, bool canExitEarly, raw_ostream &stdoutOS,
           raw_ostream &stderrOS) {
+  lld::stdoutOS = &stdoutOS;
+  lld::stderrOS = &stderrOS;
+
   errorHandler().logName = args::getFilenameWithoutExe(args[0]);
   errorHandler().errorLimitExceededMsg =
       "too many errors emitted, stopping now (use "
       "-error-limit=0 to see all errors)";
   enableColors(stderrOS.has_colors());
 
-  lld::stdoutOS = &stdoutOS;
-  lld::stderrOS = &stderrOS;
-
   config = make<Configuration>();
   symtab = make<SymbolTable>();