diff --git a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -601,6 +601,13 @@
   // It does not make sense try to open the file if we have error already.
   if (errorCount())
     return;
+
+  // Handle --print-map(-M)/--Map and --cref options. Dump them before
+  // openFile() because the files may be useful in case openFile() fails, for
+  // example, due to an erroneous filesize.
+  writeMapFile();
+  writeCrossReferenceTable();
+
   // Write the result down to a file.
   openFile();
   if (errorCount())
@@ -621,12 +628,6 @@
   if (errorCount())
     return;
 
-  // Handle -Map and -cref options.
-  writeMapFile();
-  writeCrossReferenceTable();
-  if (errorCount())
-    return;
-
   if (auto e = buffer->commit())
     error("failed to write to the output file: " + toString(std::move(e)));
 }
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/output-too-large.s b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/output-too-large.s
--- a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/output-too-large.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/output-too-large.s
@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@
 # RUN: echo "SECTIONS { .text : { . = 0xffffffff; *(.text*); } }" > %t.script
 # RUN: not ld.lld --no-check-sections --script %t.script %t.o -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
 
+# CHECK: error: output file too large
+
 # RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t.o
 # RUN: echo "SECTIONS { .text : { . = 0x8fffffffffffffff; *(.text*); } }" > %t.script
-# RUN: not ld.lld --no-check-sections --script %t.script %t.o -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: not ld.lld --no-check-sections --script %t.script -M %t.o -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=MAP %s
 
-# CHECK: error: output file too large
+# MAP:                   VMA              LMA     Size Align Out     In      Symbol
+# MAP:      9000000000000000 9000000000000000        1     4         {{.*}}.o:(.text)
+# MAP-NEXT: 9000000000000000 9000000000000000        0     1                 _start
+# MAP: error: output file too large
 
 .global _start
 _start: