diff --git a/bolt/test/X86/merge-fdata-bat-mode.test b/bolt/test/X86/merge-fdata-bat-mode.test
index ea3e4c3e4afc..41738e196b5d 100644
--- a/bolt/test/X86/merge-fdata-bat-mode.test
+++ b/bolt/test/X86/merge-fdata-bat-mode.test
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ RUN: merge-fdata %S/Inputs/bat_profile_1.fdata \
 RUN:             %S/Inputs/bat_profile_2.fdata \
 RUN:   | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-FDATA
 
+CHECK-FDATA: boltedcollection
 CHECK-FDATA: 1 main 451 1 SolveCubic 0 0 302
-
-
diff --git a/bolt/test/X86/merge-fdata-nobat-mode.test b/bolt/test/X86/merge-fdata-nobat-mode.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..870d9f880e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bolt/test/X86/merge-fdata-nobat-mode.test
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Check that merge-fdata tool doesn't spuriously print boltedcollection
+
+RUN: merge-fdata %S/Inputs/blarge.fdata %S/Inputs/blarge.fdata \
+RUN:   | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-FDATA
+
+CHECK-FDATA-NOT: boltedcollection
diff --git a/bolt/tools/merge-fdata/merge-fdata.cpp b/bolt/tools/merge-fdata/merge-fdata.cpp
index e21aeba73aca..104991dabc5f 100644
--- a/bolt/tools/merge-fdata/merge-fdata.cpp
+++ b/bolt/tools/merge-fdata/merge-fdata.cpp
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ void mergeLegacyProfiles(const SmallVectorImpl<std::string> &Filenames) {
       MergedProfile.insert_or_assign(Key, Count);
     }
 
-  if (BoltedCollection)
+  if (BoltedCollection.value_or(false))
     output() << "boltedcollection\n";
   for (const auto &[Key, Value] : MergedProfile)
     output() << Key << " " << Value << "\n";