Index: lib/profile/InstrProfilingFile.c
===================================================================
--- lib/profile/InstrProfilingFile.c
+++ lib/profile/InstrProfilingFile.c
@@ -172,6 +172,16 @@
   return 0;
 }
 
+/* Create the directory holding the file, if needed. */
+static void createProfileDir(const char *Filename) {
+  size_t Length = strlen(Filename);
+  if (lprofFindFirstDirSeparator(Filename)) {
+    char *Copy = (char *)COMPILER_RT_ALLOCA(Length + 1);
+    strncpy(Copy, Filename, Length + 1);
+    __llvm_profile_recursive_mkdir(Copy);
+  }
+}
+
 /* Open the profile data for merging. It opens the file in r+b mode with
  * file locking.  If the file has content which is compatible with the
  * current process, it also reads in the profile data in the file and merge
@@ -184,6 +194,7 @@
   FILE *ProfileFile;
   int rc;
 
+  createProfileDir(ProfileFileName);
   ProfileFile = lprofOpenFileEx(ProfileFileName);
   if (!ProfileFile)
     return NULL;
@@ -233,18 +244,13 @@
   if (!Filename)
     return;
 
-  /* Create the directory holding the file, if needed. */
-  if (lprofFindFirstDirSeparator(Filename)) {
-    char *Copy = (char *)COMPILER_RT_ALLOCA(Length + 1);
-    strncpy(Copy, Filename, Length + 1);
-    __llvm_profile_recursive_mkdir(Copy);
-  }
-
   /* By pass file truncation to allow online raw profile
    * merging. */
   if (lprofCurFilename.MergePoolSize)
     return;
 
+  createProfileDir(Filename);
+
   /* Truncate the file.  Later we'll reopen and append. */
   File = fopen(Filename, "w");
   if (!File)