diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
@@ -1275,7 +1275,8 @@
     NeedCodeGen = true;
     CodeGenPasses.add(
         createTargetTransformInfoWrapperPass(getTargetIRAnalysis()));
-    if (!CodeGenOpts.SplitDwarfFile.empty()) {
+    if (!CodeGenOpts.SplitDwarfFile.empty() &&
+        CodeGenOpts.getSplitDwarfMode() == CodeGenOptions::SplitFileFission) {
       DwoOS = openOutputFile(CodeGenOpts.SplitDwarfFile);
       if (!DwoOS)
         return;