diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/Sparc/sparc-little-endian.s b/llvm/test/MC/Sparc/sparc-little-endian.s
index 18ced35c8883..e9a56eb7b964 100644
--- a/llvm/test/MC/Sparc/sparc-little-endian.s
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/Sparc/sparc-little-endian.s
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-! RUN: llvm-mc %s -arch=sparcel -show-encoding | FileCheck %s
-! RUN: llvm-mc -arch=sparcel -filetype=obj < %s | llvm-objdump -d - | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-OBJ
+! RUN: llvm-mc %s -triple=sparcel-linux-gnu -show-encoding | FileCheck %s
+! RUN: llvm-mc -triple=sparcel-linux-gnu -filetype=obj < %s | llvm-objdump -d - | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-OBJ
 
         ! CHECK-OBJ: .text:
         .BB0:
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp
index 9a9185c7523c..d53596ea57ee 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp
@@ -383,7 +383,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   cl::ParseCommandLineOptions(argc, argv, "llvm machine code playground\n");
   MCTargetOptions MCOptions = InitMCTargetOptionsFromFlags();
   TripleName = Triple::normalize(TripleName);
-  Triple TheTriple(TripleName);
   setDwarfDebugFlags(argc, argv);
 
   setDwarfDebugProducer();
@@ -392,6 +391,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   const Target *TheTarget = GetTarget(ProgName);
   if (!TheTarget)
     return 1;
+  // Now that GetTarget() has (potentially) replaced TripleName, it's safe to
+  // construct the Triple object.
+  Triple TheTriple(TripleName);
 
   ErrorOr<std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer>> BufferPtr =
       MemoryBuffer::getFileOrSTDIN(InputFilename);