diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
index 84e03a4011..00130044ab 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
@@ -951,6 +951,9 @@ func writeBlock(ctxt *Link, out *OutBuf, ldr *loader.Loader, syms []loader.Sym,
 		}
 		P := out.WriteSym(ldr, s)
 		st.relocsym(s, P)
+		if f, ok := ctxt.generatorSyms[s]; ok {
+			f(ctxt, s)
+		}
 		addr += int64(len(P))
 		siz := ldr.SymSize(s)
 		if addr < val+siz {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/main.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/main.go
index 5ae57d1992..5c8293810f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/main.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/main.go
@@ -36,14 +36,12 @@ import (
 	"cmd/internal/objabi"
 	"cmd/internal/sys"
 	"cmd/link/internal/benchmark"
-	"cmd/link/internal/loader"
 	"flag"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"runtime/pprof"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -331,16 +329,6 @@ func Main(arch *sys.Arch, theArch Arch) {
 	// will be applied directly there.
 	bench.Start("Asmb")
 	asmb(ctxt)
-	// Generate large symbols.
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	for s, f := range ctxt.generatorSyms {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func(f generatorFunc, s loader.Sym) {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			f(ctxt, s)
-		}(f, s)
-	}
-	wg.Wait()
 
 	// Generate additional symbols for the native symbol table just prior
 	// to code generation.