diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Affine/IR/AffineOps.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Affine/IR/AffineOps.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Affine/IR/AffineOps.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Affine/IR/AffineOps.cpp
@@ -942,11 +942,12 @@
 /// This is a common class used for patterns of the form
 /// "someop(memrefcast) -> someop".  It folds the source of any memref.cast
 /// into the root operation directly.
-static LogicalResult foldMemRefCast(Operation *op) {
+static LogicalResult foldMemRefCast(Operation *op, Value ignore = nullptr) {
   bool folded = false;
   for (OpOperand &operand : op->getOpOperands()) {
     auto cast = operand.get().getDefiningOp<memref::CastOp>();
-    if (cast && !cast.getOperand().getType().isa<UnrankedMemRefType>()) {
+    if (cast && operand.get() != ignore &&
+        !cast.getOperand().getType().isa<UnrankedMemRefType>()) {
       operand.set(cast.getOperand());
       folded = true;
     }
@@ -2270,7 +2271,7 @@
 LogicalResult AffineStoreOp::fold(ArrayRef<Attribute> cstOperands,
                                   SmallVectorImpl<OpFoldResult> &results) {
   /// store(memrefcast) -> store
-  return foldMemRefCast(*this);
+  return foldMemRefCast(*this, getValueToStore());
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/MemRef/IR/MemRefOps.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/MemRef/IR/MemRefOps.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/MemRef/IR/MemRefOps.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/MemRef/IR/MemRefOps.cpp
@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@
 /// This is a common class used for patterns of the form
 /// "someop(memrefcast) -> someop".  It folds the source of any memref.cast
 /// into the root operation directly.
-static LogicalResult foldMemRefCast(Operation *op) {
+static LogicalResult foldMemRefCast(Operation *op, Value inner = nullptr) {
   bool folded = false;
   for (OpOperand &operand : op->getOpOperands()) {
     auto cast = operand.get().getDefiningOp<CastOp>();
-    if (cast && !cast.getOperand().getType().isa<UnrankedMemRefType>()) {
+    if (cast && operand.get() != inner &&
+        !cast.getOperand().getType().isa<UnrankedMemRefType>()) {
       operand.set(cast.getOperand());
       folded = true;
     }
@@ -1425,7 +1426,7 @@
 LogicalResult StoreOp::fold(ArrayRef<Attribute> cstOperands,
                             SmallVectorImpl<OpFoldResult> &results) {
   /// store(memrefcast) -> store
-  return foldMemRefCast(*this);
+  return foldMemRefCast(*this, getValueToStore());
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Affine/canonicalize.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Affine/canonicalize.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Affine/canonicalize.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Affine/canonicalize.mlir
@@ -924,3 +924,15 @@
   }
   return
 }
+
+// -----
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @no_fold_of_store
+//  CHECK:   %[[cst:.+]] = memref.cast %arg
+//  CHECK:   affine.store %[[cst]]
+func @no_fold_of_store(%arg : memref<32xi8>, %holder: memref<memref<?xi8>>) {
+  %0 = memref.cast %arg : memref<32xi8> to memref<?xi8>
+  affine.store %0, %holder[] : memref<memref<?xi8>>
+  return
+}
+
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/MemRef/canonicalize.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/MemRef/canonicalize.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/MemRef/canonicalize.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/MemRef/canonicalize.mlir
@@ -206,4 +206,14 @@
   return %1 : index
 }
 
+// -----
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @no_fold_of_store
+//  CHECK:   %[[cst:.+]] = memref.cast %arg
+//  CHECK:   memref.store %[[cst]]
+func @no_fold_of_store(%arg : memref<32xi8>, %holder: memref<memref<?xi8>>) {
+  %0 = memref.cast %arg : memref<32xi8> to memref<?xi8>
+  memref.store %0, %holder[] : memref<memref<?xi8>>
+  return
+}