diff --git a/libcxx/test/tools/clang_tidy_checks/CMakeLists.txt b/libcxx/test/tools/clang_tidy_checks/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f8f0e8864d0f..da045fac92ce4 100644
--- a/libcxx/test/tools/clang_tidy_checks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libcxx/test/tools/clang_tidy_checks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ set(Clang_DIR_SAVE ${Clang_DIR})
 # versions must match. Otherwise there likely will be ODR-violations. This had
 # led to crashes and incorrect output of the clang-tidy based checks.
 find_package(Clang ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION})
+
+set(LLVM_DIR "${LLVM_DIR_SAVE}" CACHE PATH "The directory containing a CMake configuration file for LLVM." FORCE)
+set(Clang_DIR "${Clang_DIR_SAVE}" CACHE PATH "The directory containing a CMake configuration file for Clang." FORCE)
+
 if(NOT Clang_FOUND)
   message(STATUS "Clang-tidy tests are disabled since the "
                  "Clang development package is unavailable.")
@@ -19,9 +23,6 @@ if(NOT TARGET clangTidy)
   return()
 endif()
 
-set(LLVM_DIR "${LLVM_DIR_SAVE}" CACHE PATH "The directory containing a CMake configuration file for LLVM." FORCE)
-set(Clang_DIR "${Clang_DIR_SAVE}" CACHE PATH "The directory containing a CMake configuration file for Clang." FORCE)
-
 message(STATUS "Found system-installed LLVM ${LLVM_PACKAGE_VERSION} with headers in ${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)