diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index de0735c4a..555d1c467 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ ifeq ($(NO_SHARED), 1)
 	$(error OpenBLAS: neither static nor shared are enabled.)
 endif
 endif
-	@-ln -fs $(LIBNAME) $(LIBPREFIX).$(LIBSUFFIX)
 	@for d in $(SUBDIRS) ; \
 	do if test -d $$d; then \
 	  $(MAKE) -C $$d $(@F) || exit 1 ; \
@@ -196,6 +195,7 @@ endif
 ifdef USE_THREAD
 	@echo USE_THREAD=$(USE_THREAD) >>  Makefile.conf_last
 endif
+	@-ln -fs $(LIBNAME) $(LIBPREFIX).$(LIBSUFFIX)
 	@touch lib.grd
 
 prof : prof_blas prof_lapack