diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/BuiltinAttributeInterfaces.td b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/BuiltinAttributeInterfaces.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/BuiltinAttributeInterfaces.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/BuiltinAttributeInterfaces.td
@@ -257,6 +257,11 @@
     template <typename T>
     ::mlir::FailureOr<::mlir::detail::ElementsAttrIndexer> buildValueResult(
         /*isContiguous*/std::true_type) const {
+      if ($_attr.empty()) {
+        return ::mlir::detail::ElementsAttrIndexer::contiguous<T>(
+          /*isSplat=*/false, nullptr);
+      }
+
       auto valueIt = $_attr.value_begin_impl(OverloadToken<T>());
       return ::mlir::detail::ElementsAttrIndexer::contiguous(
         $_attr.isSplat(), &*valueIt);
diff --git a/mlir/test/IR/elements-attr-interface.mlir b/mlir/test/IR/elements-attr-interface.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/IR/elements-attr-interface.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/IR/elements-attr-interface.mlir
@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@
 // expected-error@below {{Test iterating `APInt`: unable to iterate type}}
 // expected-error@below {{Test iterating `IntegerAttr`: unable to iterate type}}
 std.constant opaque<"_", "0xDEADBEEF"> : tensor<5xi64>
+
+// Check that we don't crash on empty element attributes.
+// expected-error@below {{Test iterating `uint64_t`: }}
+// expected-error@below {{Test iterating `APInt`: }}
+// expected-error@below {{Test iterating `IntegerAttr`: }}
+std.constant dense<> : tensor<0xi64>