diff --git a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/SparseTensorUtils.cpp b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/SparseTensorUtils.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/SparseTensorUtils.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/SparseTensorUtils.cpp
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
         indices[r].reserve(sz);
         sz = 1;
         allDense = false;
-        // Prepare the pointer structure.  We cannot use `addPointer`
+        // Prepare the pointer structure.  We cannot use `appendPointer`
         // here, because `isCompressedDim` won't work until after this
         // preparation has been done.
         pointers[r].push_back(0);
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
   /// Appends the next free position of `indices[d]` to `pointers[d]`.
   /// Thus, when called after inserting the last element of a segment,
   /// it will append the position where the next segment begins.
-  inline void addPointer(uint64_t d) {
+  inline void appendPointer(uint64_t d) {
     assert(isCompressedDim(d)); // Entails `d < getRank()`.
     uint64_t p = indices[d].size();
     assert(p <= std::numeric_limits<P>::max() &&
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
   }
 
   /// Appends the given index to `indices[d]`.
-  inline void addIndex(uint64_t d, uint64_t i) {
+  inline void appendIndex(uint64_t d, uint64_t i) {
     assert(isCompressedDim(d)); // Entails `d < getRank()`.
     assert(i <= std::numeric_limits<I>::max() &&
            "Index value is too large for the I-type");
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
         seg++;
       // Handle segment in interval for sparse or dense dimension.
       if (isCompressedDim(d)) {
-        addIndex(d, i);
+        appendIndex(d, i);
       } else {
         // For dense storage we must fill in all the zero values between
         // the previous element (when last we ran this for-loop) and the
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
     }
     // Finalize the sparse pointer structure at this dimension.
     if (isCompressedDim(d)) {
-      addPointer(d);
+      appendPointer(d);
     } else {
       // For dense storage we must fill in all the zero values after
       // the last element.
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
     if (d == getRank()) {
       values.push_back(0);
     } else if (isCompressedDim(d)) {
-      addPointer(d);
+      appendPointer(d);
     } else {
       for (uint64_t full = 0, sz = sizes[d]; full < sz; full++)
         endDim(d + 1);
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@
     for (uint64_t i = 0; i < rank - diff; i++) {
       uint64_t d = rank - i - 1;
       if (isCompressedDim(d)) {
-        addPointer(d);
+        appendPointer(d);
       } else {
         for (uint64_t full = idx[d] + 1, sz = sizes[d]; full < sz; full++)
           endDim(d + 1);
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
     for (uint64_t d = diff; d < rank; d++) {
       uint64_t i = cursor[d];
       if (isCompressedDim(d)) {
-        addIndex(d, i);
+        appendIndex(d, i);
       } else {
         for (uint64_t full = top; full < i; full++)
           endDim(d + 1);