diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensor.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensor.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensor.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensor.h
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@
 
 RankedTensorType getCOOFromType(RankedTensorType src, bool ordered);
 
+/// Returns true iff MLIR operand has any sparse operand or result.
+inline bool hasAnySparseOperandOrResult(Operation *op) {
+  bool anySparseIn = llvm::any_of(op->getOperands().getTypes(), [](Type t) {
+    return getSparseTensorEncoding(t) != nullptr;
+  });
+  bool anySparseOut = llvm::any_of(op->getResults().getTypes(), [](Type t) {
+    return getSparseTensorEncoding(t) != nullptr;
+  });
+  return anySparseIn || anySparseOut;
+}
+
 //
 // Reordering.
 //