diff --git a/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/Utils.cpp b/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/Utils.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/Utils.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/Utils.cpp
@@ -445,7 +445,9 @@
       MemRefType::Builder(memrefType)
           .setShape(newShape)
           .setAffineMaps(b.getMultiDimIdentityMap(newRank));
-  auto newAlloc = b.create<AllocOp>(allocOp.getLoc(), newMemRefType);
+
+  auto newAlloc = b.create<AllocOp>(allocOp.getLoc(), newMemRefType, llvm::None,
+                                    allocOp.alignmentAttr());
 
   // Replace all uses of the old memref.
   if (failed(replaceAllMemRefUsesWith(oldMemRef, /*newMemRef=*/newAlloc,
diff --git a/mlir/test/Transforms/memref-normalize.mlir b/mlir/test/Transforms/memref-normalize.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Transforms/memref-normalize.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Transforms/memref-normalize.mlir
@@ -143,3 +143,10 @@
   }
   return
 }
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @alignment
+func @alignment() {
+  %A = alloc() {alignment = 32 : i64}: memref<64x128x256xf32, affine_map<(d0, d1, d2) -> (d2, d0, d1)>>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: alloc() {alignment = 32 : i64} : memref<256x64x128xf32>
+  return
+}