diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/ComprehensiveBufferize/ComprehensiveBufferize.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/ComprehensiveBufferize/ComprehensiveBufferize.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/ComprehensiveBufferize/ComprehensiveBufferize.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/ComprehensiveBufferize/ComprehensiveBufferize.cpp
@@ -991,13 +991,13 @@
 static Value getResultBuffer(OpBuilder &b, OpResult result,
                              const BlockAndValueMapping &bvm,
                              BufferizationAliasInfo &aliasInfo,
-                             AllocationCallbacks allocationFns,
-                             bool skipCopy = false) {
+                             AllocationCallbacks allocationFns) {
   OpBuilder::InsertionGuard guard(b);
   Operation *op = result.getOwner();
   SmallVector<OpOperand *> aliasingOperands = getAliasingOpOperand(result);
   assert(!aliasingOperands.empty() && "could not get aliasing OpOperand");
-  Value operand = aliasingOperands.front()->get();
+  OpOperand *opOperand = aliasingOperands.front();
+  Value operand = opOperand->get();
   Value operandBuffer = lookup(bvm, operand);
   assert(operandBuffer && "operand buffer not found");
   // Make sure that all OpOperands are the same buffer. If this is not the case,
@@ -1023,6 +1023,7 @@
     // Allocate the result buffer.
     Value resultBuffer = createNewAllocDeallocPairForShapedValue(
         b, loc, operand, aliasInfo, allocationFns);
+    bool skipCopy = false;
     // Do not copy if the last preceding write of `operand` is an op that does
     // not write (skipping ops that merely create aliases). E.g., InitTensorOp.
     // Note: If `findLastPrecedingWrite` reaches the end of the reverse SSA
@@ -1036,6 +1037,10 @@
     // Do not copy if the copied data is never read.
     if (!isValueRead(result))
       skipCopy = true;
+    // Do not copy if this op does not read the data, but writes it.
+    if (bufferizesToMemoryWrite(*opOperand) &&
+        !bufferizesToMemoryRead(*opOperand))
+      skipCopy = true;
     if (!skipCopy) {
       // Set insertion point now that potential alloc/dealloc are introduced.
       b.setInsertionPoint(op);
@@ -2108,9 +2113,8 @@
     OpResult opResult = cast<BufferizableOpInterface>(op.getOperation())
                             .getAliasingOpResult(*opOperand);
     assert(opResult && "could not find correspond OpResult");
-    bool skipCopy = !op.payloadUsesValueFromOperand(opOperand);
     Value resultBuffer =
-        getResultBuffer(b, opResult, bvm, aliasInfo, allocationFns, skipCopy);
+        getResultBuffer(b, opResult, bvm, aliasInfo, allocationFns);
     if (!resultBuffer)
       return failure();
     resultBuffers.push_back(resultBuffer);
@@ -2175,8 +2179,9 @@
                                                     OpTy> {
   bool bufferizesToMemoryRead(Operation *op, OpOperand &opOperand) const {
     auto genericOp = cast<linalg::LinalgOp>(op);
-    return genericOp.isInputTensor(&opOperand) ||
-           genericOp.isInitTensor(&opOperand);
+    return (genericOp.isInputTensor(&opOperand) ||
+            genericOp.isInitTensor(&opOperand)) &&
+           genericOp.payloadUsesValueFromOperand(&opOperand);
   }
 
   bool bufferizesToMemoryWrite(Operation *op, OpOperand &opOperand) const {