diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
index 18f37e668f6f..ad5dbd887f79 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
@@ -4972,15 +4972,15 @@ void Clang::ConstructJob(Compilation &C, const JobAction &JA,
       Args.hasArg(options::OPT_emit_cir_flat))
     CmdArgs.push_back("-fclangir");
 
-  if (Args.hasArg(options::OPT_fclangir_direct_lowering))
-    CmdArgs.push_back("-fclangir-direct-lowering");
+  Args.addOptOutFlag(CmdArgs, options::OPT_fclangir_direct_lowering,
+                     options::OPT_fno_clangir_direct_lowering);
 
   if (Args.hasArg(options::OPT_clangir_disable_passes))
     CmdArgs.push_back("-clangir-disable-passes");
 
   if (Args.hasArg(options::OPT_fclangir_call_conv_lowering))
     CmdArgs.push_back("-fclangir-call-conv-lowering");
-  
+
   if (Args.hasArg(options::OPT_fclangir_mem2reg))
     CmdArgs.push_back("-fclangir-mem2reg");
 
diff --git a/clang/test/CIR/driver.c b/clang/test/CIR/driver.c
index bd1d13d0dba9..fcafb71a0a4a 100644
--- a/clang/test/CIR/driver.c
+++ b/clang/test/CIR/driver.c
@@ -5,13 +5,18 @@
 // RUN: %clang -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fclangir -fclangir-direct-lowering -S -emit-llvm %s -o %t1.ll
 // RUN: FileCheck --input-file=%t1.ll %s -check-prefix=LLVM
 // RUN: %clang -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fclangir -fno-clangir-direct-lowering -S -emit-llvm %s -o %t2.ll
-// RUN: FileCheck --input-file=%t2.ll %s -check-prefix=LLVM
-// RUN: %clang -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fclangir -fclangir-direct-lowering -c -emit-llvm %s -o %t1.bc
+// RUN: FileCheck --input-file=%t2.ll %s -check-prefix=CIR_STD_LLVM
+// Test also the cases for both -fclangir-direct-lowering and -fno-clangir-direct-lowering,
+// with -fno-clangir-direct-lowering having the preference
+// RUN: %clang -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fclangir -fclangir-direct-lowering -fno-clangir-direct-lowering -S -emit-llvm %s -o %t2.ll
+// RUN: FileCheck --input-file=%t2.ll %s -check-prefix=CIR_STD_LLVM
+// RUN: %clang -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fclangir -fno-clangir-direct-lowering -fclangir-direct-lowering -c -emit-llvm %s -o %t1.bc
+// RUN: FileCheck --input-file=%t2.ll %s -check-prefix=CIR_STD_LLVM
 // RUN: llvm-dis %t1.bc -o %t1.bc.ll
 // RUN: FileCheck --input-file=%t1.bc.ll %s -check-prefix=LLVM
 // RUN: %clang -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fclangir -fno-clangir-direct-lowering -c -emit-llvm %s -o %t2.bc
 // RUN: llvm-dis %t2.bc -o %t2.bc.ll
-// RUN: FileCheck --input-file=%t2.bc.ll %s -check-prefix=LLVM
+// RUN: FileCheck --input-file=%t2.bc.ll %s -check-prefix=CIR_STD_LLVM
 // RUN: %clang -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fclangir -c %s -o %t.o
 // RUN: llvm-objdump -d %t.o | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=OBJ
 // RUN: %clang -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fclangir -clangir-disable-passes -S -Xclang -emit-cir %s -o %t.cir
@@ -39,6 +44,10 @@ void foo(void) {}
 // LLVM-NEXT:   ret void
 // LLVM-NEXT: }
 
+//      CIR_STD_LLVM: define void @foo()
+// CIR_STD_LLVM-NEXT:   ret void
+// CIR_STD_LLVM-NEXT: }
+
 //      LLVM_MACOS: define void @foo()
 // LLVM_MACOS-NEXT:   ret void
 // LLVM_MACOS-NEXT: }