diff --git a/lib/Object/YAML.cpp b/lib/Object/YAML.cpp
index c527bde090e..61e9da30395 100644
--- a/lib/Object/YAML.cpp
+++ b/lib/Object/YAML.cpp
@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ void BinaryRef::writeAsBinary(raw_ostream &OS) const {
 }
 
 void BinaryRef::writeAsHex(raw_ostream &OS) const {
-  if (binary_size() == 0) {
-    OS << "\"\"";
+  if (binary_size() == 0)
     return;
-  }
   if (DataIsHexString) {
     OS.write((const char *)Data.data(), Data.size());
     return;
diff --git a/unittests/Object/YAMLTest.cpp b/unittests/Object/YAMLTest.cpp
index 3ae92ae1bae..1eb1113ae6b 100644
--- a/unittests/Object/YAMLTest.cpp
+++ b/unittests/Object/YAMLTest.cpp
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ TEST(ObjectYAML, BinaryRef) {
   llvm::raw_svector_ostream OS(Buf);
   yaml::Output YOut(OS);
   YOut << BH;
-  EXPECT_NE(OS.str().find("\"\""), StringRef::npos);
+  EXPECT_NE(OS.str().find("''"), StringRef::npos);
 }