diff --git a/flang/tools/bbc/bbc.cpp b/flang/tools/bbc/bbc.cpp
index e701fdeb227a4..73d740ff43942 100644
--- a/flang/tools/bbc/bbc.cpp
+++ b/flang/tools/bbc/bbc.cpp
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ static mlir::LogicalResult convertFortranSourceToMLIR(
       semanticsContext.targetCharacteristics(), parsing.allCooked(),
       targetTriple, kindMap, loweringOptions, envDefaults,
       semanticsContext.languageFeatures(), targetMachine);
-  burnside.lower(parseTree, semanticsContext);
   mlir::ModuleOp mlirModule = burnside.getModule();
   if (enableOpenMP) {
     if (enableOpenMPGPU && !enableOpenMPDevice) {
@@ -376,6 +375,7 @@ static mlir::LogicalResult convertFortranSourceToMLIR(
     setOffloadModuleInterfaceAttributes(mlirModule, offloadModuleOpts);
     setOpenMPVersionAttribute(mlirModule, setOpenMPVersion);
   }
+  burnside.lower(parseTree, semanticsContext);
   std::error_code ec;
   std::string outputName = outputFilename;
   if (!outputName.size())