diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseTensorConversion.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseTensorConversion.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseTensorConversion.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseTensorConversion.cpp
@@ -982,10 +982,8 @@
       name = "expInsertI8";
     else
       return failure();
-    TypeRange noTp;
-    auto fn =
-        getFunc(op, name, noTp, adaptor.getOperands(), /*emitCInterface=*/true);
-    rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<CallOp>(op, noTp, fn, adaptor.getOperands());
+    replaceOpWithFuncCall(rewriter, op, name, noTp, adaptor.getOperands(),
+                          EmitCInterface::On);
     return success();
   }
 };