diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Linker/GNU.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Linker/GNU.cmake
index 5ab2983744..0929f92be1 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Linker/GNU.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Linker/GNU.cmake
@@ -5,31 +5,43 @@
 # This module is shared by multiple languages; use include blocker.
 include_guard()
 
+# Probe whether the linker supports --push-state/--pop-state and cache the result
+# in CMAKE_[<LANG>_]LINKER_PUSHPOP_STATE_SUPPORTED.
+function(__cmake_check_linker_pushpop_state __linker __linker_options)
+  unset(__lang)
+  if(ARGC EQUAL "3")
+    set(__lang "${ARGV2}_")
+  endif()
+
+  if(DEFINED CMAKE_${__lang}LINKER_PUSHPOP_STATE_SUPPORTED)
+    return()
+  endif()
+
+  if(NOT __linker)
+    set(CMAKE_${__lang}LINKER_PUSHPOP_STATE_SUPPORTED FALSE PARENT_SCOPE)
+    return()
+  endif()
+
+  execute_process(COMMAND "${__linker}" ${__linker_options} --push-state --pop-state
+                  OUTPUT_VARIABLE __linker_log
+                  ERROR_VARIABLE __linker_log
+                  COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL NONE)
+  if(__linker_log MATCHES "--push-state" OR __linker_log MATCHES "--pop-state")
+    set(CMAKE_${__lang}LINKER_PUSHPOP_STATE_SUPPORTED FALSE PARENT_SCOPE)
+  else()
+    set(CMAKE_${__lang}LINKER_PUSHPOP_STATE_SUPPORTED TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
 # WHOLE_ARCHIVE Feature for LINK_LIBRARY generator expression
-## check linker capabilities
 function(__cmake_set_whole_archive_feature __linker __linker_options)
   unset(__lang)
   if(ARGC EQUAL "3")
     set(__lang "${ARGV2}_")
   endif()
 
-  if(NOT __linker)
-    set(CMAKE_${__lang}LINKER_PUSHPOP_STATE_SUPPORTED FALSE)
-  endif()
+  __cmake_check_linker_pushpop_state("${__linker}" "${__linker_options}" ${ARGV2})
 
-  if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_${__lang}LINKER_PUSHPOP_STATE_SUPPORTED)
-    # launch linker to check if push_state/pop_state options are supported
-    execute_process(COMMAND "${__linker}"  ${__linker_options} --push-state --pop-state
-                    OUTPUT_VARIABLE __linker_log
-                    ERROR_VARIABLE __linker_log
-                    COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL NONE)
-    if(__linker_log MATCHES "--push-state" OR __linker_log MATCHES "--pop-state")
-      set(CMAKE_${__lang}LINKER_PUSHPOP_STATE_SUPPORTED FALSE)
-    else()
-      set(CMAKE_${__lang}LINKER_PUSHPOP_STATE_SUPPORTED TRUE)
-    endif()
-    set(CMAKE_${__lang}LINKER_PUSHPOP_STATE_SUPPORTED ${CMAKE_${__lang}LINKER_PUSHPOP_STATE_SUPPORTED} PARENT_SCOPE)
-  endif()
   ## WHOLE_ARCHIVE: Force loading all members of an archive
   if(CMAKE_${__lang}LINKER_PUSHPOP_STATE_SUPPORTED)
     set(CMAKE_${__lang}LINK_LIBRARY_USING_WHOLE_ARCHIVE "LINKER:--push-state,--whole-archive"
@@ -42,6 +54,7 @@ function(__cmake_set_whole_archive_feature __linker __linker_options)
   endif()
   set(CMAKE_${__lang}LINK_LIBRARY_USING_WHOLE_ARCHIVE_SUPPORTED TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
   set(CMAKE_${__lang}LINK_LIBRARY_WHOLE_ARCHIVE_ATTRIBUTES LIBRARY_TYPE=STATIC DEDUPLICATION=YES OVERRIDE=DEFAULT PARENT_SCOPE)
+  set(CMAKE_${__lang}LINKER_PUSHPOP_STATE_SUPPORTED "${CMAKE_${__lang}LINKER_PUSHPOP_STATE_SUPPORTED}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()