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
@@ -248,6 +248,20 @@
 /// execution engine.
 Type getOpaquePointerType(OpBuilder &builder);
 
+/// Generates an uninitialized temporary buffer of the given size and
+/// type, but returns it as type `memref<? x $tp>` (rather than as type
+/// `memref<$sz x $tp>`).
+Value genAlloca(OpBuilder &builder, Location loc, Value sz, Type tp);
+
+/// Generates an uninitialized temporary buffer of the given size and
+/// type, but returns it as type `memref<? x $tp>` (rather than as type
+/// `memref<$sz x $tp>`).
+Value genAlloca(OpBuilder &builder, Location loc, unsigned sz, Type tp);
+
+/// Generates an uninitialized temporary buffer with room for one value
+/// of the given type, and returns the `memref<$tp>`.
+Value genAllocaScalar(OpBuilder &builder, Location loc, Type tp);
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // Inlined constant generators.
 //
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
@@ -583,3 +583,20 @@
 Type mlir::sparse_tensor::getOpaquePointerType(OpBuilder &builder) {
   return LLVM::LLVMPointerType::get(builder.getI8Type());
 }
+
+Value mlir::sparse_tensor::genAlloca(OpBuilder &builder, Location loc,
+                                     unsigned sz, Type tp) {
+  return genAlloca(builder, loc, constantIndex(builder, loc, sz), tp);
+}
+
+Value mlir::sparse_tensor::genAlloca(OpBuilder &builder, Location loc, Value sz,
+                                     Type tp) {
+  auto memTp = MemRefType::get({ShapedType::kDynamicSize}, tp);
+  return builder.create<memref::AllocaOp>(loc, memTp, ValueRange{sz});
+}
+
+Value mlir::sparse_tensor::genAllocaScalar(OpBuilder &builder, Location loc,
+                                           Type tp) {
+  return builder.create<memref::AllocaOp>(loc, MemRefType::get({}, tp));
+}
+
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseTensorConversion.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseTensorConversion.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseTensorConversion.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseTensorConversion.cpp
@@ -155,14 +155,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-/// Generates an uninitialized temporary buffer of the given size and
-/// type, but returns it as type `memref<? x $tp>` (rather than as type
-/// `memref<$sz x $tp>`).
-static Value genAlloca(OpBuilder &builder, Location loc, Value sz, Type tp) {
-  auto memTp = MemRefType::get({ShapedType::kDynamicSize}, tp);
-  return builder.create<memref::AllocaOp>(loc, memTp, ValueRange{sz});
-}
-
 /// Generates an uninitialized buffer of the given size and type,
 /// but returns it as type `memref<? x $tp>` (rather than as type
 /// `memref<$sz x $tp>`). Unlike temporary buffers on the stack,
@@ -172,19 +164,6 @@
   return rewriter.create<memref::AllocOp>(loc, memTp, ValueRange{sz});
 }
 
-/// Generates an uninitialized temporary buffer of the given size and
-/// type, but returns it as type `memref<? x $tp>` (rather than as type
-/// `memref<$sz x $tp>`).
-static Value genAlloca(OpBuilder &builder, Location loc, unsigned sz, Type tp) {
-  return genAlloca(builder, loc, constantIndex(builder, loc, sz), tp);
-}
-
-/// Generates an uninitialized temporary buffer with room for one value
-/// of the given type, and returns the `memref<$tp>`.
-static Value genAllocaScalar(OpBuilder &builder, Location loc, Type tp) {
-  return builder.create<memref::AllocaOp>(loc, MemRefType::get({}, tp));
-}
-
 /// Generates a temporary buffer of the given type and given contents.
 static Value genBuffer(OpBuilder &builder, Location loc, ValueRange values) {
   unsigned sz = values.size();