diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/BufferizableOpInterface.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/BufferizableOpInterface.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/BufferizableOpInterface.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/BufferizableOpInterface.h
@@ -511,6 +511,12 @@
   return newOp;
 }
 
+/// Return `true` if the buffer of given OpResult should be deallocated. This
+/// function should be called during `BufferizableOpInterface::bufferize`
+/// implementations that allocate a new buffer for the given OpResult.
+bool shouldDeallocateOpResult(OpResult opResult,
+                              const BufferizationOptions &options);
+
 /// Return a MemRefType to which the type of the given value can be bufferized.
 ///
 /// If possible, op bufferization implementations should not use this function
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/BufferizableOpInterface.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/BufferizableOpInterface.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/BufferizableOpInterface.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/BufferizableOpInterface.cpp
@@ -206,6 +206,29 @@
   return success();
 }
 
+bool bufferization::shouldDeallocateOpResult(
+    OpResult opResult, const BufferizationOptions &options) {
+  Operation *op = opResult.getOwner();
+  assert(options.dynCastBufferizableOp(op).bufferizesToAllocation(opResult) &&
+         "expected that op allocates");
+
+  AnalysisState analysisState(options);
+  if (op->hasAttr(BufferizationDialect::kEscapeAttrName)) {
+    // AllocTensorOp has one result.
+    ArrayAttr escapeAttr =
+        op->getAttr(BufferizationDialect::kEscapeAttrName).cast<ArrayAttr>();
+    return !escapeAttr[0].cast<BoolAttr>().getValue();
+  }
+
+  // No "escape" annotation found.
+  if (options.createDeallocs) {
+    // Perform an ad-hoc analysis.
+    return !analysisState.isTensorYielded(opResult);
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // OpFilter
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/BufferizationOps.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/BufferizationOps.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/BufferizationOps.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/BufferizationOps.cpp
@@ -204,22 +204,8 @@
   }
 
   // Should the buffer be deallocated?
-  AnalysisState analysisState(options);
-  bool dealloc;
-  if (op->hasAttr(BufferizationDialect::kEscapeAttrName)) {
-    // AllocTensorOp has one result.
-    ArrayAttr escapeAttr =
-        op->getAttr(BufferizationDialect::kEscapeAttrName).cast<ArrayAttr>();
-    dealloc = !escapeAttr[0].cast<BoolAttr>().getValue();
-  } else {
-    // No "escape" annotation found.
-    if (options.createDeallocs) {
-      // Perform an ad-hoc analysis.
-      dealloc = !analysisState.isTensorYielded(getResult());
-    } else {
-      dealloc = false;
-    }
-  }
+  bool dealloc =
+      shouldDeallocateOpResult(getResult().cast<OpResult>(), options);
 
   // Replace op.
   replaceOpWithBufferizedValues(rewriter, getOperation(), *alloc);
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Tensor/Transforms/BufferizableOpInterfaceImpl.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Tensor/Transforms/BufferizableOpInterfaceImpl.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Tensor/Transforms/BufferizableOpInterfaceImpl.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Tensor/Transforms/BufferizableOpInterfaceImpl.cpp
@@ -363,9 +363,17 @@
 struct FromElementsOpInterface
     : public BufferizableOpInterface::ExternalModel<FromElementsOpInterface,
                                                     tensor::FromElementsOp> {
+
+  bool bufferizesToAllocation(Operation *op, OpResult opResult) const {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   LogicalResult bufferize(Operation *op, RewriterBase &rewriter,
                           const BufferizationOptions &options) const {
     auto fromElementsOp = cast<tensor::FromElementsOp>(op);
+    // Should the buffer be deallocated?
+    bool dealloc = shouldDeallocateOpResult(
+        fromElementsOp.getResult().cast<OpResult>(), options);
 
     // TODO: Implement memory space for this op.
     if (options.defaultMemorySpace != static_cast<unsigned>(0))
@@ -376,11 +384,10 @@
     auto tensorType = fromElementsOp.getType().cast<RankedTensorType>();
     auto shape = tensorType.getShape();
     // TODO: Create alloc_tensor ops during TensorCopyInsertion.
-    AnalysisState analysisState(options);
-    FailureOr<Value> tensorAlloc = allocateTensorForShapedValue(
-        rewriter, loc, fromElementsOp.getResult(),
-        analysisState.isTensorYielded(fromElementsOp.getResult()), options,
-        /*copy=*/false);
+    FailureOr<Value> tensorAlloc =
+        allocateTensorForShapedValue(rewriter, loc, fromElementsOp.getResult(),
+                                     /*escape=*/!dealloc, options,
+                                     /*copy=*/false);
     if (failed(tensorAlloc))
       return failure();
     auto memrefType =
@@ -416,6 +423,7 @@
                  indices);
 
     replaceOpWithBufferizedValues(rewriter, op, buffer);
+
     return success();
   }
 };
@@ -424,9 +432,17 @@
 struct GenerateOpInterface
     : public BufferizableOpInterface::ExternalModel<GenerateOpInterface,
                                                     tensor::GenerateOp> {
+
+  bool bufferizesToAllocation(Operation *op, OpResult opResult) const {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   LogicalResult bufferize(Operation *op, RewriterBase &rewriter,
                           const BufferizationOptions &options) const {
     auto generateOp = cast<tensor::GenerateOp>(op);
+    // Should the buffer be deallocated?
+    bool dealloc = shouldDeallocateOpResult(
+        generateOp.getResult().cast<OpResult>(), options);
 
     // TODO: Implement memory space for this op.
     if (options.defaultMemorySpace != static_cast<unsigned>(0))
@@ -436,11 +452,10 @@
     // Allocate memory.
     Location loc = op->getLoc();
     // TODO: Create alloc_tensor ops during TensorCopyInsertion.
-    AnalysisState analysisState(options);
-    FailureOr<Value> tensorAlloc = allocateTensorForShapedValue(
-        rewriter, loc, generateOp.getResult(),
-        analysisState.isTensorYielded(generateOp.getResult()), options,
-        /*copy=*/false);
+    FailureOr<Value> tensorAlloc =
+        allocateTensorForShapedValue(rewriter, loc, generateOp.getResult(),
+                                     /*escape=*/!dealloc, options,
+                                     /*copy=*/false);
     if (failed(tensorAlloc))
       return failure();
     auto memrefType =
@@ -484,6 +499,7 @@
         parallelBody->getArguments());
 
     replaceOpWithBufferizedValues(rewriter, op, buffer);
+
     return success();
   }
 };
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Tensor/one-shot-bufferize.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Tensor/one-shot-bufferize.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Tensor/one-shot-bufferize.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Tensor/one-shot-bufferize.mlir
@@ -217,3 +217,22 @@
   // CHECK: }
   return
 }
+
+// -----
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @dealloc_generate_buffer
+func.func @dealloc_generate_buffer(%arg: tensor<*xf32>, %sz: index, %idx: index)
+  -> index
+{
+  // CHECK: memref.alloc
+  // CHECK: scf.parallel
+  // CHECK: memref.load
+  // CHECK: memref.dealloc
+  %0 = tensor.generate %sz {
+  ^bb0(%i : index):
+    %elem = tensor.dim %arg, %i : tensor<*xf32>
+    tensor.yield %elem : index
+  } : tensor<?xindex>
+  %r = tensor.extract %0[%idx] : tensor<?xindex>
+  return %r : index
+}