diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/ComprehensiveBufferize.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/ComprehensiveBufferize.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/ComprehensiveBufferize.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/ComprehensiveBufferize.h
@@ -172,16 +172,28 @@
 /// `defaultAllocationFn`.
 void defaultDeallocationFn(OpBuilder &b, Location loc, Value allocatedBuffer);
 
+/// Default memory copy function that is used by the comprehensive bufferization
+/// pass. Creates a `linalg.copy` op.
+void defaultMemCpyFn(OpBuilder &b, Location loc, Value from, Value to);
+
 /// Callback functions that are used by the comprehensive bufferization pass to
 /// allocate/deallocate memory. These default to use the
 /// `defaultAllocationFn`/`defaultDeallocationFn`, but can be overridden by the
 /// caller. The `deallocationFn` is gauranteed to recieve the `Value` returned
 /// by the `allocationFn`.
 struct AllocationCallbacks {
-  std::function<Optional<Value>(OpBuilder &b, Location loc, Value shapedValue)>
-      allocationFn = defaultAllocationFn;
-  std::function<void(OpBuilder &b, Location loc, Value v)> deallocationFn =
-      defaultDeallocationFn;
+  using AllocationFn =
+      std::function<Optional<Value>(OpBuilder &, Location, Value)>;
+  using DeallocationFn = std::function<void(OpBuilder &, Location, Value)>;
+  using MemCpyFn = std::function<void(OpBuilder &, Location, Value, Value)>;
+
+  AllocationCallbacks(AllocationFn allocFn, DeallocationFn deallocFn,
+                      MemCpyFn copyFn)
+      : allocationFn(allocFn), deallocationFn(deallocFn), memCpyFn(copyFn) {}
+
+  AllocationFn allocationFn;
+  DeallocationFn deallocationFn;
+  MemCpyFn memCpyFn;
 };
 
 /// Bufferize one particular op.
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/ComprehensiveBufferize.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/ComprehensiveBufferize.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/ComprehensiveBufferize.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/ComprehensiveBufferize.cpp
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@
     if (!skipCopy) {
       // Set insertion point now that potential alloc/dealloc are introduced.
       b.setInsertionPoint(op);
-      b.create<CopyOp>(loc, operandBuffer, resultBuffer);
+      allocationFns.memCpyFn(b, loc, operandBuffer, resultBuffer);
     }
     return resultBuffer;
   }
@@ -1661,6 +1661,11 @@
   b.create<memref::DeallocOp>(loc, allocatedBuffer);
 }
 
+void mlir::linalg::defaultMemCpyFn(OpBuilder &b, Location loc, Value from,
+                                   Value to) {
+  b.create<CopyOp>(loc, from, to);
+}
+
 LogicalResult mlir::linalg::bufferizeOp(
     Operation *op, BlockAndValueMapping &bvm, BufferizationAliasInfo &aliasInfo,
     AllocationCallbacks allocationFns,
@@ -2212,11 +2217,13 @@
     // command line option. So this is set up at the start of the pass.
     if (useAlloca) {
       AllocationCallbacks allocaAllocationFns = {
-          allocationFnUsingAlloca, [](OpBuilder &b, Location loc, Value v) {}};
+          allocationFnUsingAlloca, [](OpBuilder &b, Location loc, Value v) {},
+          defaultMemCpyFn};
       allocationFns =
           std::make_unique<AllocationCallbacks>(std::move(allocaAllocationFns));
     } else {
-      allocationFns = std::make_unique<AllocationCallbacks>();
+      allocationFns = std::make_unique<AllocationCallbacks>(
+          defaultAllocationFn, defaultDeallocationFn, defaultMemCpyFn);
     }
   }
   ModuleOp moduleOp = getOperation();
@@ -3185,7 +3192,7 @@
     if (alloc) {
       // Do not copy if the copied data is never read.
       if (isValueRead(extractSliceOp.result()))
-        b.create<CopyOp>(extractSliceOp.getLoc(), subView, alloc);
+        allocationFn.memCpyFn(b, extractSliceOp.getLoc(), subView, alloc);
       subView = alloc;
     }
 
@@ -3307,7 +3314,7 @@
           insertSliceOp.getMixedSizes(), insertSliceOp.getMixedStrides());
       // Insert new alias.
       aliasInfo.insertNewBufferAlias(subView, dstMemref);
-      b.create<CopyOp>(insertSliceOp.getLoc(), srcMemref, subView);
+      allocationFn.memCpyFn(b, insertSliceOp.getLoc(), srcMemref, subView);
     }
 
     map(bvm, insertSliceOp.result(), dstMemref);