diff --git a/newt/builder/extcmd.go b/newt/builder/extcmd.go
index e28de1d42..e75530f8b 100644
--- a/newt/builder/extcmd.go
+++ b/newt/builder/extcmd.go
@@ -197,14 +197,6 @@ func getLinkTableEntry(name string) string {
 func (t *TargetBuilder) generateLinkTables() {
 	var s []string
 
-	for _, pkg := range t.res.LpkgRpkgMap {
-		s = append(s, pkg.Lpkg.LinkTables()...)
-	}
-
-	if len(s) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
 	dir := GeneratedBaseDir(t.target.FullName()) + "/link/include"
 	err := os.MkdirAll(dir, os.ModePerm)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -218,6 +210,14 @@ func (t *TargetBuilder) generateLinkTables() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	for _, pkg := range t.res.LpkgRpkgMap {
+		s = append(s, pkg.Lpkg.LinkTables()...)
+	}
+
+	if len(s) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
 	for _, linkTable := range s {
 		linkHeader.WriteString(getLinkTableEntry(linkTable))
 	}