diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index 9d9aaf4b8..3589e82c1 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1257,11 +1257,6 @@ bool cmGlobalGenerator::Compute()
 
   unsigned int i;
 
-  for (i = 0; i < this->LocalGenerators.size(); ++i)
-    {
-    this->LocalGenerators[i]->ComputeObjectMaxPath();
-    }
-
   // Add generator specific helper commands
   for (i = 0; i < this->LocalGenerators.size(); ++i)
     {
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 6c7b194df..f4de0f266 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ cmLocalGenerator::cmLocalGenerator(cmGlobalGenerator* gg,
   this->EmitUniversalBinaryFlags = true;
   this->BackwardsCompatibility = 0;
   this->BackwardsCompatibilityFinal = false;
+
+  this->ComputeObjectMaxPath();
 }
 
 cmLocalGenerator::~cmLocalGenerator()
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
index 771131f1e..6ea414a50 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ public:
   void CreateEvaluationFileOutputs(const std::string& config);
   void ProcessEvaluationFiles(std::vector<std::string>& generatedFiles);
 
-  void ComputeObjectMaxPath();
 protected:
   ///! put all the libraries for a target on into the given stream
   void OutputLinkLibraries(std::string& linkLibraries,
@@ -360,6 +359,8 @@ private:
   bool GetShouldUseOldFlags(bool shared, const std::string &lang) const;
   void AddPositionIndependentFlags(std::string& flags, std::string const& l,
                                    int targetType);
+
+  void ComputeObjectMaxPath();
 };
 
 #endif