diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.cpp
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
 /// Ranked MemRef Type subclass - MemRefType.
 class PyMemRefType : public PyConcreteType<PyMemRefType, PyShapedType> {
 public:
-  static constexpr IsAFunctionTy isaFunction = mlirTypeIsARankedTensor;
+  static constexpr IsAFunctionTy isaFunction = mlirTypeIsAMemRef;
   static constexpr const char *pyClassName = "MemRefType";
   using PyConcreteType::PyConcreteType;
 
diff --git a/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_memref_ops_ext.py b/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_memref_ops_ext.py
--- a/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_memref_ops_ext.py
+++ b/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_memref_ops_ext.py
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@
     memref_resolved = _get_op_result_or_value(memref)
     indices_resolved = [] if indices is None else _get_op_results_or_values(
         indices)
-    return_type = memref_resolved.type
+    return_type = MemRefType(memref_resolved.type).element_type
     super().__init__(return_type, memref, indices_resolved, loc=loc, ip=ip)
diff --git a/mlir/test/python/dialects/memref.py b/mlir/test/python/dialects/memref.py
--- a/mlir/test/python/dialects/memref.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/dialects/memref.py
@@ -71,3 +71,4 @@
     # CHECK: func @f1(%[[ARG0:.*]]: memref<?x?xf32>, %[[ARG1:.*]]: index, %[[ARG2:.*]]: index)
     # CHECK: memref.load %[[ARG0]][%[[ARG1]], %[[ARG2]]]
     print(module)
+    assert module.operation.verify()