diff --git a/llvm/cmake/modules/CheckEnabledLLVMRuntime.cmake b/llvm/cmake/modules/CheckEnabledLLVMRuntime.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2ff6c9495ce2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/cmake/modules/CheckEnabledLLVMRuntime.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# is_llvm_runtime_enabled(runtime result) sets 'result' to TRUE if 'runtime'
+# (e.g. libclc) is enabled for any configured runtime target, FALSE otherwise.
+#
+# Use this instead of if(TARGET <runtime>) because this runs before
+# runtimes/CMakeLists.txt creates runtime targets, so a TARGET check would
+# always be false. The enabled-runtimes lists aren't affected by that
+# ordering.
+function(is_llvm_runtime_enabled runtime result)
+  set(enabled FALSE)
+  foreach(runtime_target IN LISTS LLVM_RUNTIME_TARGETS)
+    if("${runtime}" IN_LIST RUNTIMES_${runtime_target}_LLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES)
+      set(enabled TRUE)
+      break()
+    endif()
+  endforeach()
+  set(${result} ${enabled} PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
diff --git a/sycl-jit/jit-compiler/CMakeLists.txt b/sycl-jit/jit-compiler/CMakeLists.txt
index 4193e3c961a9c..6964941055ba3 100644
--- a/sycl-jit/jit-compiler/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sycl-jit/jit-compiler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,13 +29,8 @@ set(SYCL_JIT_RESOURCE_INSTALL_COMPONENTS
   clang-resource-headers
   libsycldevice)
 
-set(libclc_enabled FALSE)
-foreach(target IN LISTS LLVM_RUNTIME_TARGETS)
-  if("libclc" IN_LIST RUNTIMES_${target}_LLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES)
-    set(libclc_enabled TRUE)
-    break()
-  endif()
-endforeach()
+include(CheckEnabledLLVMRuntime)
+is_llvm_runtime_enabled(libclc libclc_enabled)
 
 if (libclc_enabled)
   # If some targets required `libclc` then we should embed it for the
diff --git a/sycl/CMakeLists.txt b/sycl/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a2490d7ed554..a482a080cb910 100644
--- a/sycl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sycl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -584,13 +584,8 @@ if("lld" IN_LIST LLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS)
   list(APPEND SYCL_TOOLCHAIN_DEPLOY_COMPONENTS lld)
 endif()
 
-set(libclc_enabled FALSE)
-foreach(target IN LISTS LLVM_RUNTIME_TARGETS)
-  if("libclc" IN_LIST RUNTIMES_${target}_LLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES)
-    set(libclc_enabled TRUE)
-    break()
-  endif()
-endforeach()
+include(CheckEnabledLLVMRuntime)
+is_llvm_runtime_enabled(libclc libclc_enabled)
 
 if(libclc_enabled)
   add_dependencies(sycl-toolchain libclc)