diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/ir/KotlinJsIrLink.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/ir/KotlinJsIrLink.kt
index 99961715833..992dbbcd639 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/ir/KotlinJsIrLink.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/ir/KotlinJsIrLink.kt
@@ -104,13 +104,6 @@ abstract class KotlinJsIrLink @Inject constructor(
         KotlinBuildStatsService.applyIfInitialised {
             it.report(BooleanMetrics.JS_IR_INCREMENTAL, incrementalJsIr)
             val newArgs = K2JSCompilerArguments()
-            // moduleName can start with @ for group of NPM packages
-            // but args parsing @ as start of argfile
-            // so WA we provide moduleName as one parameter
-            if (args.moduleName != null) {
-                args.freeArgs += "-ir-output-name=${args.moduleName}"
-                args.moduleName = null
-            }
             parseCommandLineArguments(ArgumentUtils.convertArgumentsToStringList(args), newArgs)
             it.report(
                 StringMetrics.JS_OUTPUT_GRANULARITY,
@@ -121,6 +114,14 @@ abstract class KotlinJsIrLink @Inject constructor(
             )
         }
 
+        // moduleName can start with @ for group of NPM packages
+        // but args parsing @ as start of argfile
+        // so WA we provide moduleName as one parameter
+        if (args.moduleName != null) {
+            args.freeArgs += "-ir-output-name=${args.moduleName}"
+            args.moduleName = null
+        }
+
         args.includes = entryModule.get().asFile.canonicalPath
 
         if (incrementalJsIr && mode == DEVELOPMENT) {