diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SCF/SCF.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SCF/SCF.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SCF/SCF.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SCF/SCF.cpp
@@ -1371,18 +1371,44 @@
   }
 };
 
+/// Pattern to remove an empty else branch.
+struct RemoveEmptyElseBranch : public OpRewritePattern<IfOp> {
+  using OpRewritePattern<IfOp>::OpRewritePattern;
+
+  LogicalResult matchAndRewrite(IfOp ifOp,
+                                PatternRewriter &rewriter) const override {
+    // Cannot remove else region when there are operation results.
+    if (ifOp.getNumResults())
+      return failure();
+    Block *elseBlock = ifOp.elseBlock();
+    if (!elseBlock || !llvm::hasSingleElement(*elseBlock))
+      return failure();
+    auto newIfOp = rewriter.cloneWithoutRegions(ifOp);
+    rewriter.inlineRegionBefore(ifOp.thenRegion(), newIfOp.thenRegion(),
+                                newIfOp.thenRegion().begin());
+    rewriter.eraseOp(ifOp);
+    return success();
+  }
+};
+
 } // namespace
 
 void IfOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(RewritePatternSet &results,
                                        MLIRContext *context) {
-  results.add<RemoveUnusedResults, RemoveStaticCondition,
-              ConvertTrivialIfToSelect, ConditionPropagation,
-              ReplaceIfYieldWithConditionOrValue, CombineIfs>(context);
+  results
+      .add<RemoveUnusedResults, RemoveStaticCondition, ConvertTrivialIfToSelect,
+           ConditionPropagation, ReplaceIfYieldWithConditionOrValue, CombineIfs,
+           RemoveEmptyElseBranch>(context);
 }
 
 Block *IfOp::thenBlock() { return &thenRegion().back(); }
 YieldOp IfOp::thenYield() { return cast<YieldOp>(&thenBlock()->back()); }
-Block *IfOp::elseBlock() { return &elseRegion().back(); }
+Block *IfOp::elseBlock() {
+  Region &r = elseRegion();
+  if (r.empty())
+    return nullptr;
+  return &r.back();
+}
 YieldOp IfOp::elseYield() { return cast<YieldOp>(&elseBlock()->back()); }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/SCF/canonicalize.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/SCF/canonicalize.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/SCF/canonicalize.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/SCF/canonicalize.mlir
@@ -250,6 +250,20 @@
 // CHECK-NOT:       scf.if
 // CHECK:           return
 
+// ----
+
+func @empty_else(%cond: i1, %v : memref<i1>) {
+  scf.if %cond {
+    memref.store %cond, %v[] : memref<i1>
+  } else {
+  }
+  return
+}
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @empty_else
+// CHECK:         scf.if
+// CHECK-NOT:     else
+
 // -----
 
 func @to_select1(%cond: i1) -> index {
@@ -475,9 +489,9 @@
 // CHECK-LABEL: @replace_single_iteration_loop_2
 func @replace_single_iteration_loop_2() {
   // CHECK: %[[LB:.*]] = constant 5
-	%c5 = constant 5 : index
-	%c6 = constant 6 : index
-	%c11 = constant 11 : index
+  %c5 = constant 5 : index
+  %c6 = constant 6 : index
+  %c11 = constant 11 : index
   // CHECK: %[[INIT:.*]] = "test.init"
   %init = "test.init"() : () -> i32
   // CHECK-NOT: scf.for