diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index a16d741a7e7..48ddf2f02d1 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@ test/tools/llvm-strings/Inputs/numbers binary
 test/MC/AsmParser/incbin_abcd binary
 test/YAMLParser/spec-09-02.test binary
 
-# Windows line ending test
-test/MC/AsmParser/preserve-comments-crlf.s text eol=crlf
+# This file must have CRLF line endings, therefore git should treat it as
+# binary and not autoconvert line endings (for example, when core.autocrlf is
+# on).
+test/MC/AsmParser/preserve-comments-crlf.s binary