diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/lib.rs
index c9486a730e1..9f552b3feb9 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/lib.rs
@@ -227,8 +227,6 @@ impl CodegenBackend for CraneliftCodegenBackend {
         sess: &Session,
         outputs: &OutputFilenames,
     ) -> (CodegenResults, FxIndexMap<WorkProductId, WorkProduct>) {
-        let _timer = sess.timer("finish_ongoing_codegen");
-
         ongoing_codegen.downcast::<driver::aot::OngoingCodegen>().unwrap().join(sess, outputs)
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs
index 7c0e9cfd5a7..587eed62956 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs
@@ -2028,8 +2028,6 @@ pub struct OngoingCodegen<B: ExtraBackendMethods> {
 
 impl<B: ExtraBackendMethods> OngoingCodegen<B> {
     pub fn join(self, sess: &Session) -> (CodegenResults, FxIndexMap<WorkProductId, WorkProduct>) {
-        let _timer = sess.timer("finish_ongoing_codegen");
-
         self.shared_emitter_main.check(sess, true);
         let compiled_modules = sess.time("join_worker_thread", || match self.coordinator.join() {
             Ok(Ok(compiled_modules)) => compiled_modules,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs
index b7d64f75bf3..ae69a2dc634 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs
@@ -459,8 +459,7 @@ fn run_compiler(
         // Linking is done outside the `compiler.enter()` so that the
         // `GlobalCtxt` within `Queries` can be freed as early as possible.
         if let Some(linker) = linker {
-            let _timer = sess.timer("link");
-            linker.link(sess, codegen_backend)?
+            linker.link(sess, codegen_backend)?;
         }
 
         Ok(())
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/queries.rs b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/queries.rs
index cd3a2fb7049..62da5c13d88 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/queries.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/queries.rs
@@ -154,13 +154,16 @@ impl Linker {
     }
 
     pub fn link(self, sess: &Session, codegen_backend: &dyn CodegenBackend) -> Result<()> {
-        let (codegen_results, work_products) =
-            codegen_backend.join_codegen(self.ongoing_codegen, sess, &self.output_filenames);
+        let (codegen_results, work_products) = sess.time("finish_ongoing_codegen", || {
+            codegen_backend.join_codegen(self.ongoing_codegen, sess, &self.output_filenames)
+        });
 
         if let Some(guar) = sess.dcx().has_errors() {
             return Err(guar);
         }
 
+        let _timer = sess.timer("link");
+
         sess.time("serialize_work_products", || {
             rustc_incremental::save_work_product_index(sess, &self.dep_graph, work_products)
         });