diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
   }
 
   /// Take the diagnostic and silence.
-  SmallVector<Diagnostic> &&takeDiagnostics() {
+  SmallVector<Diagnostic> takeDiagnostics() {
     assert(!diagnostics.empty() && "expected a diagnostic to be present");
     auto guard = llvm::make_scope_exit([&]() { diagnostics.clear(); });
     return std::move(diagnostics);
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/TransformOps/LinalgTransformOps.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/TransformOps/LinalgTransformOps.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/TransformOps/LinalgTransformOps.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/TransformOps/LinalgTransformOps.cpp
@@ -1346,8 +1346,8 @@
 
   gpu::LaunchOp gpuLaunch = dyn_cast<gpu::LaunchOp>(target);
   if (!gpuLaunch) {
-    target->emitError("Given target is not gpu.launch");
-    return DiagnosedSilenceableFailure::definiteFailure();
+    results.assign({target});
+    return emitSilenceableError() << "Given target is not gpu.launch";
   }
 
   SmallVector<int64_t> blockDim = extractFromI64ArrayAttr(getBlockDim());
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-gpu.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-gpu.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-gpu.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-gpu.mlir
@@ -174,3 +174,17 @@
     transform.structured.map_nested_foreach_thread_to_gpu_threads %funcop { blockDim = [12, 9, 1], syncAfterDistribute = false }
   }
 }
+
+// -----
+
+func.func @foo() -> () {  
+  %1 = linalg.init_tensor [4] : tensor<4xf32>
+  return 
+}
+
+transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
+^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
+  %funcop = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.init_tensor"]} in %arg0  
+  // expected-error @+1 {{Given target is not gpu.launch}}
+  %1 = transform.structured.map_nested_foreach_thread_to_gpu_threads %funcop
+}