diff --git a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleTranslation.cpp b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleTranslation.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleTranslation.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleTranslation.cpp
@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@
 
   if (auto elementsAttr = attr.dyn_cast<ElementsAttr>()) {
     assert(elementsAttr.getType().hasStaticShape());
-    assert(elementsAttr.getNumElements() != 0 &&
-           "unexpected empty elements attribute");
     assert(!elementsAttr.getType().getShape().empty() &&
            "unexpected empty elements attribute shape");
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir.mlir b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir.mlir
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 // CHECK: @int_global_array = internal global [3 x i32] [i32 62, i32 62, i32 62]
 llvm.mlir.global internal @int_global_array(dense<62> : vector<3xi32>) : !llvm.array<3 x i32>
 
+// CHECK: @int_global_array_zero_elements = internal constant [3 x [0 x [4 x float]]] zeroinitializer
+llvm.mlir.global internal constant @int_global_array_zero_elements(dense<> : tensor<3x0x4xf32>) : !llvm.array<3 x array<0 x array<4 x f32>>>
+
 // CHECK: @i32_global_addr_space = internal addrspace(7) global i32 62
 llvm.mlir.global internal @i32_global_addr_space(62: i32) {addr_space = 7 : i32} : i32
 
@@ -1585,4 +1588,3 @@
 // CHECK: ![[PIPELINE_DISABLE_NODE]] = !{!"llvm.loop.pipeline.disable", i1 true}
 // CHECK: ![[II_NODE]] = !{!"llvm.loop.pipeline.initiationinterval", i32 2}
 // CHECK: ![[ACCESS_GROUPS_NODE]] = !{![[GROUP_NODE1]], ![[GROUP_NODE2]]}
-