diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/CodegenUtils.h b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/CodegenUtils.h
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/CodegenUtils.h
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/CodegenUtils.h
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
 /// Converts the internal type-encoding for overhead storage to an mlir::Type.
 Type getOverheadType(Builder &builder, OverheadType ot);
 
+/// Returns the OverheadType for pointer overhead storage.
+OverheadType pointerOverheadTypeEncoding(const SparseTensorEncodingAttr &enc);
+
+/// Returns the OverheadType for index overhead storage.
+OverheadType indexOverheadTypeEncoding(const SparseTensorEncodingAttr &enc);
+
 /// Returns the mlir::Type for pointer overhead storage.
 Type getPointerOverheadType(Builder &builder,
                             const SparseTensorEncodingAttr &enc);
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/CodegenUtils.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/CodegenUtils.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/CodegenUtils.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/CodegenUtils.cpp
@@ -58,15 +58,24 @@
   llvm_unreachable("Unknown OverheadType");
 }
 
+OverheadType mlir::sparse_tensor::pointerOverheadTypeEncoding(
+    const SparseTensorEncodingAttr &enc) {
+  return overheadTypeEncoding(enc.getPointerBitWidth());
+}
+
+OverheadType mlir::sparse_tensor::indexOverheadTypeEncoding(
+    const SparseTensorEncodingAttr &enc) {
+  return overheadTypeEncoding(enc.getIndexBitWidth());
+}
+
 Type mlir::sparse_tensor::getPointerOverheadType(
     Builder &builder, const SparseTensorEncodingAttr &enc) {
-  return getOverheadType(builder,
-                         overheadTypeEncoding(enc.getPointerBitWidth()));
+  return getOverheadType(builder, pointerOverheadTypeEncoding(enc));
 }
 
 Type mlir::sparse_tensor::getIndexOverheadType(
     Builder &builder, const SparseTensorEncodingAttr &enc) {
-  return getOverheadType(builder, overheadTypeEncoding(enc.getIndexBitWidth()));
+  return getOverheadType(builder, indexOverheadTypeEncoding(enc));
 }
 
 StringRef mlir::sparse_tensor::overheadTypeFunctionSuffix(OverheadType ot) {