diff --git a/libafl_cc/src/clang.rs b/libafl_cc/src/clang.rs
index d731c1b100..0b609685ea 100644
--- a/libafl_cc/src/clang.rs
+++ b/libafl_cc/src/clang.rs
@@ -326,38 +326,34 @@ impl CompilerWrapper for ClangWrapper {
                 args.push("-flegacy-pass-manager".into());
             }
         }
-
-        if !self.linking {
-            for pass in &self.passes {
-                use_pass = true;
-                if self.use_new_pm {
-                    // https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/56137
-                    // Need this -Xclang -load -Xclang -<pass>.so thing even with the new PM
-                    // to pass the arguments to LLVM Passes
-                    args.push("-Xclang".into());
-                    args.push("-load".into());
-                    args.push("-Xclang".into());
-                    args.push(pass.path().into_os_string().into_string().unwrap());
-                    args.push("-Xclang".into());
-                    args.push(format!(
-                        "-fpass-plugin={}",
-                        pass.path().into_os_string().into_string().unwrap()
-                    ));
-                } else {
-                    args.push("-Xclang".into());
-                    args.push("-load".into());
-                    args.push("-Xclang".into());
-                    args.push(pass.path().into_os_string().into_string().unwrap());
-                }
-            }
-            if !self.is_asm && !self.passes.is_empty() {
-                for passes_arg in &self.passes_args {
-                    args.push("-mllvm".into());
-                    args.push(passes_arg.into());
-                }
+        for pass in &self.passes {
+            use_pass = true;
+            if self.use_new_pm {
+                // https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/56137
+                // Need this -Xclang -load -Xclang -<pass>.so thing even with the new PM
+                // to pass the arguments to LLVM Passes
+                args.push("-Xclang".into());
+                args.push("-load".into());
+                args.push("-Xclang".into());
+                args.push(pass.path().into_os_string().into_string().unwrap());
+                args.push("-Xclang".into());
+                args.push(format!(
+                    "-fpass-plugin={}",
+                    pass.path().into_os_string().into_string().unwrap()
+                ));
+            } else {
+                args.push("-Xclang".into());
+                args.push("-load".into());
+                args.push("-Xclang".into());
+                args.push(pass.path().into_os_string().into_string().unwrap());
+            }
+        }
+        if !self.is_asm && !self.passes.is_empty() {
+            for passes_arg in &self.passes_args {
+                args.push("-mllvm".into());
+                args.push(passes_arg.into());
             }
         }
-
         if self.linking {
             if self.x_set {
                 args.push("-x".into());