diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go
index 53684fd0f5..27d78c4ad8 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go
@@ -1059,6 +1059,9 @@ func writelines(ctxt *Link, syms []*Symbol) ([]*Symbol, []*Symbol) {
 	var pcfile Pciter
 	var pcline Pciter
 	for _, s := range ctxt.Textp {
+		if s.FuncInfo == nil {
+			continue
+		}
 
 		epc = s.Value + s.Size
 		epcs = s
@@ -1078,10 +1081,6 @@ func writelines(ctxt *Link, syms []*Symbol) ([]*Symbol, []*Symbol) {
 		}
 		funcs = append(funcs, dsym)
 
-		if s.FuncInfo == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-
 		finddebugruntimepath(s)
 
 		pciterinit(ctxt, &pcfile, &s.FuncInfo.Pcfile)