diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToSCF/VectorToSCF.cpp b/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToSCF/VectorToSCF.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToSCF/VectorToSCF.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToSCF/VectorToSCF.cpp
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@
                                 PatternRewriter &rewriter) const override {
     if (xferOp.getVectorType().getRank() <= options.targetRank)
       return failure();
-    if (xferOp.getShapedType().template isa<RankedTensorType>())
+    if (isTensorOp(xferOp) && !options.lowerTensors)
       return failure();
     // Transfer ops that modify the element type are not supported atm.
     if (xferOp.getVectorType().getElementType() !=
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@
                                 PatternRewriter &rewriter) const override {
     if (xferOp.getVectorType().getRank() <= options.targetRank)
       return failure();
-    if (xferOp.getShapedType().template isa<RankedTensorType>())
+    if (isTensorOp(xferOp) && !options.lowerTensors)
       return failure();
     // Transfer ops that modify the element type are not supported atm.
     if (xferOp.getVectorType().getElementType() !=
@@ -998,15 +998,19 @@
     auto vec = getDataVector(xferOp);
     auto xferVecType = xferOp.getVectorType();
     int64_t dimSize = xferVecType.getShape()[0];
+    auto source = xferOp.source(); // memref or tensor to be written to.
+    auto sourceType = isTensorOp(xferOp) ? xferOp.getShapedType() : Type();
 
     // Generate fully unrolled loop of transfer ops.
     Location loc = xferOp.getLoc();
     for (int64_t i = 0; i < dimSize; ++i) {
       Value iv = rewriter.create<ConstantIndexOp>(loc, i);
 
-      generateInBoundsCheck(
+      auto updatedSource = generateInBoundsCheck(
           rewriter, xferOp, iv, unpackedDim(xferOp),
-          /*inBoundsCase=*/[&](OpBuilder &b, Location loc) {
+          isTensorOp(xferOp) ? TypeRange(sourceType) : TypeRange(),
+          /*inBoundsCase=*/
+          [&](OpBuilder &b, Location loc) {
             // Indices for the new transfer op.
             SmallVector<Value, 8> xferIndices;
             getXferIndices(b, xferOp, iv, xferIndices);
@@ -1019,17 +1023,29 @@
             auto extracted =
                 b.create<vector::ExtractOp>(loc, vec, extractionIndices);
             auto inBoundsAttr = dropFirstElem(b, xferOp.in_boundsAttr());
-
             auto newXferOp = b.create<vector::TransferWriteOp>(
-                loc, Type(), extracted, xferOp.source(), xferIndices,
+                loc, sourceType, extracted, source, xferIndices,
                 AffineMapAttr::get(unpackedPermutationMap(b, xferOp)), Value(),
                 inBoundsAttr);
 
             maybeAssignMask(b, xferOp, newXferOp, i);
+
+            return isTensorOp(xferOp) ? newXferOp->getResult(0) : Value();
+          },
+          /*outOfBoundsCase=*/
+          [&](OpBuilder &b, Location loc) {
+            return isTensorOp(xferOp) ? source : Value();
           });
+
+      if (isTensorOp(xferOp))
+        source = updatedSource;
     }
 
-    rewriter.eraseOp(xferOp);
+    if (isTensorOp(xferOp))
+      rewriter.replaceOp(xferOp, source);
+    else
+      rewriter.eraseOp(xferOp);
+
     return success();
   }
 };
diff --git a/mlir/test/Conversion/VectorToSCF/unrolled-tensor-transfer-ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Conversion/VectorToSCF/unrolled-tensor-transfer-ops.mlir
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/test/Conversion/VectorToSCF/unrolled-tensor-transfer-ops.mlir
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -convert-vector-to-scf='full-unroll=true lower-tensors=true' -split-input-file -allow-unregistered-dialect | FileCheck %s
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @transfer_read_2d(
+//       CHECK: %[[V_INIT:.*]] = constant dense<-4.200000e+01> : vector<4x9xf32>
+//       CHECK: %[[V0:.*]] = vector.transfer_read %{{.*}}[{{.*}}], %{{.*}} {in_bounds = [true]} : tensor<?x?xf32>, vector<9xf32>
+//       CHECK: %[[I0:.*]] = vector.insert %[[V0]], %[[V_INIT]] [0] : vector<9xf32> into vector<4x9xf32>
+//       CHECK: %[[V1:.*]] = vector.transfer_read %{{.*}}[{{.*}}], %{{.*}} {in_bounds = [true]} : tensor<?x?xf32>, vector<9xf32>
+//       CHECK: %[[I1:.*]] = vector.insert %[[V1]], %[[I0]] [1] : vector<9xf32> into vector<4x9xf32>
+//       CHECK: %[[V2:.*]] = vector.transfer_read %{{.*}}[{{.*}}], %{{.*}} {in_bounds = [true]} : tensor<?x?xf32>, vector<9xf32>
+//       CHECK: %[[I2:.*]] = vector.insert %[[V2]], %[[I1]] [2] : vector<9xf32> into vector<4x9xf32>
+//       CHECK: %[[V3:.*]] = vector.transfer_read %{{.*}}[{{.*}}], %{{.*}} {in_bounds = [true]} : tensor<?x?xf32>, vector<9xf32>
+//       CHECK: %[[I3:.*]] = vector.insert %[[V3]], %[[I2]] [3] : vector<9xf32> into vector<4x9xf32>
+//       CHECK: return %[[I3]] : vector<4x9xf32>
+func @transfer_read_2d(%A : tensor<?x?xf32>, %base1 : index, %base2 : index)
+    -> (vector<4x9xf32>){
+  %p = constant -42.0: f32
+  %f = vector.transfer_read %A[%base1, %base2], %p {in_bounds = [true, true]}
+      : tensor<?x?xf32>, vector<4x9xf32>
+  return %f : vector<4x9xf32>
+}
+
+// -----
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @transfer_write_2d(
+//       CHECK:   %[[V0:.*]] = vector.extract %{{.*}}[0] : vector<2x3xf32>
+//       CHECK:   %[[T0:.*]] = vector.transfer_write %[[V0]], %{{.*}}[{{.*}}] {in_bounds = [true]} : vector<3xf32>, tensor<?x?xf32>
+//       CHECK:   %[[V1:.*]] = vector.extract %{{.*}}[1] : vector<2x3xf32>
+//       CHECK:   %[[T1:.*]] = vector.transfer_write %[[V1]], %[[T0]][{{.*}}] {in_bounds = [true]} : vector<3xf32>, tensor<?x?xf32>
+//       CHECK:   return %[[T1]] : tensor<?x?xf32>
+func @transfer_write_2d(%A : tensor<?x?xf32>, %vec : vector<2x3xf32>,
+                        %base1 : index, %base2 : index) -> (tensor<?x?xf32>) {
+  %t = vector.transfer_write %vec, %A[%base1, %base2] {in_bounds = [true, true]}
+      : vector<2x3xf32>, tensor<?x?xf32>
+  return %t : tensor<?x?xf32>
+}
+