diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
index ce9972888e8920..a0041fc5194959 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
@@ -567,11 +567,11 @@ bool InstrProfiling::run(
   emitVNodes();
   emitNameData();
 
-  // Emit runtime hook except for the cases where coverage is enabled on
-  // code that is eliminated by the front-end, e.g. unused functions with
-  // internal linkage, and the target does not require pulling in profile
-  // runtime.
-  if (containsProfilingIntrinsics(M) || !CoverageNamesVar || NeedsRuntimeHook)
+  // Emit runtime hook for the cases where the target does not unconditionally
+  // require pulling in profile runtime, and coverage is enabled on code that is
+  // not eliminated by the front-end, e.g. unused functions with internal
+  // linkage.
+  if (!NeedsRuntimeHook && containsProfilingIntrinsics(M))
     emitRuntimeHook();
 
   emitRegistration();