diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensorOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensorOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensorOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensorOps.td
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
   let hasVerifier = 1;
 }
 
-def SparseTensor_ConcatenateOp : SparseTensor_Op<"concatenate", []>,
+def SparseTensor_ConcatenateOp : SparseTensor_Op<"concatenate", [NoSideEffect]>,
     Arguments<(ins Variadic<AnyRankedTensor>:$inputs, IndexAttr:$dimension)>,
     Results<(outs AnyRankedTensor:$result)> {
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/SparseTensor/fold.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/SparseTensor/fold.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/SparseTensor/fold.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/SparseTensor/fold.mlir
@@ -32,3 +32,16 @@
   %2 = sparse_tensor.values %arg0 : tensor<64xf32, #SparseVector> to memref<?xf32>
   return
 }
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @sparse_concat_dce(
+//   CHECK-NOT: sparse_tensor.concatenate
+//       CHECK: return
+func.func @sparse_concat_dce(%arg0: tensor<2xf64, #SparseVector>,
+                             %arg1: tensor<3xf64, #SparseVector>,
+                             %arg2: tensor<4xf64, #SparseVector>) {
+  %0 = sparse_tensor.concatenate %arg0, %arg1, %arg2 {dimension = 0 : index}
+       : tensor<2xf64, #SparseVector>,
+         tensor<3xf64, #SparseVector>,
+         tensor<4xf64, #SparseVector> to tensor<9xf64, #SparseVector>
+  return
+}
+