diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/LinkTask.cs b/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/LinkTask.cs
index 979d5599fdab8..a14f775ebe451 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/LinkTask.cs
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/LinkTask.cs
@@ -270,11 +270,7 @@ public string ILLinkPath {
 #pragma warning restore IL3000 // Avoid accessing Assembly file path when publishing as a single file
 
 				// IL Linker always runs on .NET Core, even when using desktop MSBuild to host ILLink.Tasks.
-				string path = Path.Combine (Path.GetDirectoryName (taskDirectory), "net", "illink.dll");
-
-				Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Normal, $"ILLink.Tasks path: {path}");
-
-				_illinkPath = path;
+				_illinkPath = Path.Combine (Path.GetDirectoryName (taskDirectory), "net", "illink.dll");
 
 				return _illinkPath;
 			}
@@ -289,7 +285,10 @@ private static string Quote (string path)
 		protected override string GenerateCommandLineCommands ()
 		{
 			var args = new StringBuilder ();
-			args.Append (Quote (ILLinkPath));
+			var path = ILLinkPath;
+			args.Append (Quote (path));
+			Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Normal, $"ILLink.Tasks path: {path}");
+
 			return args.ToString ();
 		}