diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-profdata/csprof-dump.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-profdata/csprof-dump.test
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-profdata/csprof-dump.test
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-profdata/csprof-dump.test
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
 
 RUN: llvm-profdata merge -o %t.0.profdata %S/Inputs/CSIR_profile.proftext
 RUN: llvm-profdata merge -text -o %t.0.proftext %t.0.profdata
-RUN: diff %t.0.proftext %S/Inputs/CSIR_profile.proftext
+RUN: diff -B %t.0.proftext %S/Inputs/CSIR_profile.proftext
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-profdata/instr-remap.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-profdata/instr-remap.test
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-profdata/instr-remap.test
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-profdata/instr-remap.test
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ; RUN: llvm-profdata merge -text %S/Inputs/instr-remap.proftext -r %S/Inputs/instr-remap.remap -o %t.output
-; RUN: diff %S/Inputs/instr-remap.expected %t.output
+; RUN: diff -B %S/Inputs/instr-remap.expected %t.output
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-link/llvm-link.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-link/llvm-link.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-link/llvm-link.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-link/llvm-link.cpp
@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@
     errs() << "Here's the assembly:\n" << *Composite;
 
   std::error_code EC;
-  ToolOutputFile Out(OutputFilename, EC, sys::fs::OF_None);
+  ToolOutputFile Out(OutputFilename, EC,
+                     OutputAssembly ? sys::fs::OF_Text : sys::fs::OF_None);
   if (EC) {
     WithColor::error() << EC.message() << '\n';
     return 1;
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-profdata/llvm-profdata.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-profdata/llvm-profdata.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-profdata/llvm-profdata.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-profdata/llvm-profdata.cpp
@@ -296,7 +296,9 @@
                               ProfileFormat OutputFormat,
                               InstrProfWriter &Writer) {
   std::error_code EC;
-  raw_fd_ostream Output(OutputFilename.data(), EC, sys::fs::OF_None);
+  raw_fd_ostream Output(OutputFilename.data(), EC,
+                        OutputFormat == PF_Text ? sys::fs::OF_Text
+                                                : sys::fs::OF_None);
   if (EC)
     exitWithErrorCode(EC, OutputFilename);