Index: llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
+++ llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
@@ -3348,17 +3348,17 @@
     }
   }
 
-  // In case there is a -g option as well as debug info from directive .file,
-  // we turn off the -g option, directly use the existing debug info instead.
-  // Also reset any implicit ".file 0" for the assembler source.
-  if (Ctx.getGenDwarfForAssembly()) {
-    Ctx.getMCDwarfLineTable(0).resetRootFile();
-    Ctx.setGenDwarfForAssembly(false);
-  }
-
   if (FileNumber == -1)
     getStreamer().EmitFileDirective(Filename);
   else {
+    // In case there is a -g option as well as debug info from directive .file,
+    // we turn off the -g option, directly use the existing debug info instead.
+    // Also reset any implicit ".file 0" for the assembler source.
+    if (Ctx.getGenDwarfForAssembly()) {
+      Ctx.getMCDwarfLineTable(0).resetRootFile();
+      Ctx.setGenDwarfForAssembly(false);
+    }
+
     MD5::MD5Result *CKMem = nullptr;
     if (HasMD5) {
       CKMem = (MD5::MD5Result *)Ctx.allocate(sizeof(MD5::MD5Result), 1);
Index: llvm/test/MC/AsmParser/directive_file-3.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ llvm/test/MC/AsmParser/directive_file-3.s
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// RUN: llvm-mc -g -triple i386-unknown-unknown  %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK-DEFAULT %s
+// RUN: llvm-mc -g -triple i386-unknown-unknown %s -filetype=obj | obj2yaml | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK-DEBUG %s
+
+// Test for Bug 38695
+// This testcase has a single function and a .file directive
+// without the [file-num] argument.  When compiled with -g,
+// this testcase will not report error, and generate new
+// debug info.
+
+        .file "hello"
+.text
+
+f1:
+    nop
+.size f1, .-f1
+
+// CHECK-DEFAULT: .file "hello"
+
+// CHECK-DEBUG:  Sections:
+// CHECK-DEBUG:  - Name:            .text
+// CHECK-DEBUG:  - Name:            .debug_info
+// CHECK-DEBUG:  - Name:            .rel.debug_info
+// CHECK-DEBUG:    Info:            .debug_info
+// CHECK-DEBUG:  Symbols: