diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Builders.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Builders.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Builders.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Builders.h
@@ -407,6 +407,13 @@
   /// Creates an operation given the fields represented as an OperationState.
   Operation *createOperation(const OperationState &state);
 
+  /// Creates an operation with the given fields.
+  Operation *
+  createOperation(Location loc, StringRef opName, ValueRange operands,
+                  TypeRange types, ArrayRef<NamedAttribute> attributes = {},
+                  BlockRange successors = {},
+                  MutableArrayRef<std::unique_ptr<Region>> regions = {});
+
 private:
   /// Helper for sanity checking preconditions for create* methods below.
   template <typename OpT>
diff --git a/mlir/lib/IR/Builders.cpp b/mlir/lib/IR/Builders.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/IR/Builders.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/IR/Builders.cpp
@@ -381,6 +381,17 @@
   return insert(Operation::create(state));
 }
 
+/// Creates an operation with the given fields.
+Operation *
+OpBuilder::createOperation(Location loc, StringRef opName, ValueRange operands,
+                           TypeRange types, ArrayRef<NamedAttribute> attributes,
+                           BlockRange successors,
+                           MutableArrayRef<std::unique_ptr<Region>> regions) {
+  OperationState state(loc, opName, operands, types, attributes, successors,
+                       regions);
+  return createOperation(state);
+}
+
 /// Attempts to fold the given operation and places new results within
 /// 'results'. Returns success if the operation was folded, failure otherwise.
 /// Note: This function does not erase the operation on a successful fold.
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestDialect.cpp b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestDialect.cpp
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestDialect.cpp
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestDialect.cpp
@@ -795,12 +795,9 @@
   OpBuilder builder(parser.getBuilder().getContext());
   builder.setInsertionPointToStart(&block);
 
-  OperationState innerOpState(opLoc, innerOpName);
-  innerOpState.operands.push_back(lhs);
-  innerOpState.operands.push_back(rhs);
-  innerOpState.addTypes(innerOpType);
-
-  Operation *innerOp = builder.createOperation(innerOpState);
+  SmallVector<Value, 2> innerOperands{lhs, rhs};
+  Operation *innerOp =
+      builder.createOperation(opLoc, innerOpName, innerOperands, innerOpType);
 
   // Insert a return statement in the block returning the inner-op's result.
   builder.create<TestReturnOp>(innerOp->getLoc(), innerOp->getResults());