diff --git a/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.td b/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.td
--- a/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.td
+++ b/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.td
@@ -2666,21 +2666,7 @@
 
   let parser = "return parseGlobalOp(parser, result);";
 
-  let printer = [{
-    if (linkName().hasValue())
-      p << ' ' << linkName().getValue();
-    p << ' ';
-    p.printAttributeWithoutType((*this)->getAttr(symbolAttrName()));
-    if (auto val = getValueOrNull())
-      p << '(' << val << ')';
-    if (constantAttr())
-      p << " constant";
-    p << " : ";
-    p.printType(getType());
-    if (hasInitializationBody())
-      p.printRegion((*this)->getRegion(0), /*printEntryBlockArgs=*/false,
-                    /*printBlockTerminators=*/true);
-  }];
+  let printer = "::print(p, *this);";
 
   let skipDefaultBuilders = 1;
   let builders = [
@@ -2706,6 +2692,9 @@
 
   let extraClassDeclaration = [{
     static constexpr llvm::StringRef symbolAttrName() { return "symref"; }
+    static constexpr llvm::StringRef getConstantAttrName() {
+      return "constant";
+    }
     static constexpr llvm::StringRef linkageAttrName() { return "linkName"; }
 
     /// The printable type of the global
diff --git a/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.cpp b/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.cpp
@@ -1175,6 +1175,24 @@
   return mlir::success();
 }
 
+static void print(mlir::OpAsmPrinter &p, fir::GlobalOp &op) {
+  if (op.linkName().hasValue())
+    p << ' ' << op.linkName().getValue();
+  p << ' ';
+  p.printAttributeWithoutType(
+      op.getOperation()->getAttr(fir::GlobalOp::symbolAttrName()));
+  if (auto val = op.getValueOrNull())
+    p << '(' << val << ')';
+  if (op.getOperation()->getAttr(fir::GlobalOp::getConstantAttrName()))
+    p << " constant";
+  p << " : ";
+  p.printType(op.getType());
+  if (op.hasInitializationBody())
+    p.printRegion(op.getOperation()->getRegion(0),
+                  /*printEntryBlockArgs=*/false,
+                  /*printBlockTerminators=*/true);
+}
+
 void fir::GlobalOp::appendInitialValue(mlir::Operation *op) {
   getBlock().getOperations().push_back(op);
 }