diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/ProfileData/SampleProf.h b/llvm/include/llvm/ProfileData/SampleProf.h
index e5cc494b92c32..157c79f6772fc 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/ProfileData/SampleProf.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/ProfileData/SampleProf.h
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ class ProfileSymbolList {
   // Determine whether or not to compress the symbol list when
   // writing it into profile. The variable is unused when the symbol
   // list is read from an existing profile.
-  bool ToCompress = true;
+  bool ToCompress = false;
   DenseSet<StringRef> Syms;
   BumpPtrAllocator Allocator;
 };
diff --git a/llvm/lib/ProfileData/SampleProf.cpp b/llvm/lib/ProfileData/SampleProf.cpp
index 36c39c1243203..e94848df24e20 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/ProfileData/SampleProf.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/ProfileData/SampleProf.cpp
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ std::error_code ProfileSymbolList::read(uint64_t CompressSize,
     StringRef CompressedStrings(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(Data),
                                 CompressSize);
     char *Buffer = Allocator.Allocate<char>(UncompressSize);
-    llvm::Error E = zlib::uncompress(CompressedStrings, Buffer, UncompressSize);
+    size_t UCSize = UncompressSize;
+    llvm::Error E = zlib::uncompress(CompressedStrings, Buffer, UCSize);
     if (E)
       return sampleprof_error::uncompress_failed;
     ListStart = Buffer;
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-profdata/llvm-profdata.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-profdata/llvm-profdata.cpp
index d3b7c2b2c800d..a894d10c9c749 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-profdata/llvm-profdata.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-profdata/llvm-profdata.cpp
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ static int merge_main(int argc, const char *argv[]) {
       cl::desc("Path to file containing the list of function symbols "
                "used to populate profile symbol list"));
   cl::opt<bool> CompressProfSymList(
-      "compress-prof-sym-list", cl::init(true), cl::Hidden,
+      "compress-prof-sym-list", cl::init(false), cl::Hidden,
       cl::desc("Compress profile symbol list before write it into profile. "));
 
   cl::ParseCommandLineOptions(argc, argv, "LLVM profile data merger\n");