1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/internal/main/check_syntax.js b/lib/internal/main/check_syntax.js
index 5d98701132..392fadb99f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/check_syntax.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/check_syntax.js
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ const {
   stripShebang, stripBOM
 } = require('internal/modules/cjs/helpers');
 
-// TODO(joyeecheung): not every one of these are necessary
-prepareMainThreadExecution();
-markBootstrapComplete();
 
 if (process.argv[1] && process.argv[1] !== '-') {
   // Expand process.argv[1] into a full path.
@@ -31,8 +28,16 @@ if (process.argv[1] && process.argv[1] !== '-') {
   const fs = require('fs');
   const source = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf-8');
 
+  // TODO(joyeecheung): not every one of these are necessary
+  prepareMainThreadExecution();
+  markBootstrapComplete();
+
   checkScriptSyntax(source, filename);
 } else {
+  // TODO(joyeecheung): not every one of these are necessary
+  prepareMainThreadExecution();
+  markBootstrapComplete();
+
   readStdin((code) => {
     checkScriptSyntax(code, '[stdin]');
   });