diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
index 5b137e4db3dd2..abcd3bb2b8496 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
@@ -848,13 +848,9 @@ void ELFWriter::writeSectionData(const MCAssembler &Asm, MCSection &Sec,
   auto &MC = Asm.getContext();
   const auto &MAI = MC.getAsmInfo();
 
-  // Compressing debug_frame requires handling alignment fragments which is
-  // more work (possibly generalizing MCAssembler.cpp:writeFragment to allow
-  // for writing to arbitrary buffers) for little benefit.
   bool CompressionEnabled =
       MAI->compressDebugSections() != DebugCompressionType::None;
-  if (!CompressionEnabled || !SectionName.startswith(".debug_") ||
-      SectionName == ".debug_frame") {
+  if (!CompressionEnabled || !SectionName.startswith(".debug_")) {
     Asm.writeSectionData(W.OS, &Section, Layout);
     return;
   }