diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 28d17e9235f7e5..34e142dcc40bb2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ v8:
 	$(MAKE) -C deps/v8 $(V8_ARCH) $(V8_BUILD_OPTIONS)
 
 test: | cctest  # Depends on 'all'.
+	$(PYTHON) tools/test.py --mode=release message parallel sequential -J
 	$(MAKE) jslint
 	$(MAKE) cpplint
-	$(PYTHON) tools/test.py --mode=release message parallel sequential -J
 
 test-parallel: all
 	$(PYTHON) tools/test.py --mode=release parallel -J