Index: mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Vector/VectorOps.td
===================================================================
--- mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Vector/VectorOps.td
+++ mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Vector/VectorOps.td
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@
 
 def Vector_MaskedLoadOp :
   Vector_Op<"maskedload">,
-    Arguments<(ins AnyMemRef:$base,
+    Arguments<(ins Arg<AnyMemRef, "", [MemRead<DefaultResource>]>:$base,
                Variadic<Index>:$indices,
                VectorOfRankAndType<[1], [I1]>:$mask,
                VectorOfRank<[1]>:$pass_thru)>,
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@
 
 def Vector_MaskedStoreOp :
   Vector_Op<"maskedstore">,
-    Arguments<(ins AnyMemRef:$base,
+    Arguments<(ins Arg<AnyMemRef, "", [MemWrite<DefaultResource>]>:$base,
                Variadic<Index>:$indices,
                VectorOfRankAndType<[1], [I1]>:$mask,
                VectorOfRank<[1]>:$value)> {
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@
 
 def Vector_GatherOp :
   Vector_Op<"gather">,
-    Arguments<(ins AnyMemRef:$base,
+    Arguments<(ins Arg<AnyMemRef, "", [MemRead<DefaultResource>]>:$base,
                VectorOfRankAndType<[1], [AnyInteger]>:$indices,
                VectorOfRankAndType<[1], [I1]>:$mask,
                VectorOfRank<[1]>:$pass_thru)>,
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@
 
 def Vector_ScatterOp :
   Vector_Op<"scatter">,
-    Arguments<(ins AnyMemRef:$base,
+    Arguments<(ins Arg<AnyMemRef, "", [MemWrite<DefaultResource>]>:$base,
                VectorOfRankAndType<[1], [AnyInteger]>:$indices,
                VectorOfRankAndType<[1], [I1]>:$mask,
                VectorOfRank<[1]>:$value)> {
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@
 
 def Vector_ExpandLoadOp :
   Vector_Op<"expandload">,
-    Arguments<(ins AnyMemRef:$base,
+    Arguments<(ins Arg<AnyMemRef, "", [MemRead<DefaultResource>]>:$base,
                Variadic<Index>:$indices,
                VectorOfRankAndType<[1], [I1]>:$mask,
                VectorOfRank<[1]>:$pass_thru)>,
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@
 
 def Vector_CompressStoreOp :
   Vector_Op<"compressstore">,
-    Arguments<(ins AnyMemRef:$base,
+    Arguments<(ins Arg<AnyMemRef, "", [MemWrite<DefaultResource>]>:$base,
                Variadic<Index>:$indices,
                VectorOfRankAndType<[1], [I1]>:$mask,
                VectorOfRank<[1]>:$value)> {
Index: mlir/test/Dialect/Vector/canonicalize.mlir
===================================================================
--- mlir/test/Dialect/Vector/canonicalize.mlir
+++ mlir/test/Dialect/Vector/canonicalize.mlir
@@ -677,3 +677,22 @@
     vector<1x4xf32>, tensor<4x4xf32>
   return
 }
+
+// -----
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @dead_load_gather_op
+//   CHECK-NOT:   vector.maskedload
+//   CHECK-NOT:   vector.gather
+//   CHECK-NOT:   vector.expandload
+//       CHECK:   return
+func @dead_load_gather_op(%base: memref<?xf32>, %indices: vector<16xi32>,
+                          %mask: vector<16xi1>, %passthru: vector<16xf32>) {
+  %c0 = constant 0 : index
+  %0 = vector.maskedload %base[%c0], %mask, %passthru :
+    memref<?xf32>, vector<16xi1>, vector<16xf32> into vector<16xf32>
+  %1 = vector.gather %base[%indices], %mask, %passthru :
+    memref<?xf32>, vector<16xi32>, vector<16xi1>, vector<16xf32> into vector<16xf32>
+  %2 = vector.expandload %base[%c0], %mask, %passthru :
+    memref<?xf32>, vector<16xi1>, vector<16xf32> into vector<16xf32>
+  return
+}