diff --git a/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp b/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@
       "too many errors emitted, stopping now"
       " (use /errorlimit:0 to see all errors)";
   errorHandler().exitEarly = canExitEarly;
-  enableColors(stderrOS.has_colors());
 
   lld::stdoutOS = &stdoutOS;
   lld::stderrOS = &stderrOS;
+  enableColors(stderrOS.has_colors());
 
   config = make<Configuration>();
   symtab = make<SymbolTable>();
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@
       "too many errors emitted, stopping now (use "
       "-error-limit=0 to see all errors)";
   errorHandler().exitEarly = canExitEarly;
-  enableColors(stderrOS.has_colors());
 
   lld::stdoutOS = &stdoutOS;
   lld::stderrOS = &stderrOS;
+  enableColors(stderrOS.has_colors());
 
   inputSections.clear();
   outputSections.clear();
diff --git a/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp b/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@
 // 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
@@ -1150,10 +1150,10 @@
       "too many errors emitted, stopping now (use "
       "'-error-limit 0' to see all errors)";
   errorHandler().exitEarly = CanExitEarly;
-  enableColors(StderrOS.has_colors());
 
   lld::stdoutOS = &StdoutOS;
   lld::stderrOS = &StderrOS;
+  enableColors(StderrOS.has_colors());
 
   MachOLinkingContext ctx;
   if (!parse(args, ctx))
diff --git a/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp b/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@
   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;
+  enableColors(stderrOS.has_colors());
 
   config = make<Configuration>();
   symtab = make<SymbolTable>();