diff --git a/mlir/lib/Interfaces/DestinationStyleOpInterface.cpp b/mlir/lib/Interfaces/DestinationStyleOpInterface.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Interfaces/DestinationStyleOpInterface.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Interfaces/DestinationStyleOpInterface.cpp
@@ -22,35 +22,38 @@
   return result;
 }
 
+namespace {
+size_t getNumTensorResults(Operation *op) {
+  size_t numTensorResults = 0;
+  for (auto t : op->getResultTypes()) {
+    if (isa<TensorType>(t)) {
+      ++numTensorResults;
+    }
+  }
+  return numTensorResults;
+}
+} // namespace
+
 LogicalResult detail::verifyDestinationStyleOpInterface(Operation *op) {
   DestinationStyleOpInterface dstStyleOp =
       cast<DestinationStyleOpInterface>(op);
 
-  SmallVector<OpOperand *> outputBufferOperands, outputTensorOperands;
+  SmallVector<OpOperand *> outputTensorOperands;
   for (OpOperand *operand : dstStyleOp.getDpsInitOperands()) {
     Type type = operand->get().getType();
-    if (isa<MemRefType>(type)) {
-      outputBufferOperands.push_back(operand);
-    } else if (isa<RankedTensorType>(type)) {
+    if (isa<RankedTensorType>(type)) {
       outputTensorOperands.push_back(operand);
-    } else {
+    } else if (!isa<MemRefType>(type)) {
       return op->emitOpError("expected that operand #")
              << operand->getOperandNumber()
              << " is a ranked tensor or a ranked memref";
     }
   }
 
-  // Expect at least one output operand.
-  int64_t numInputs = dstStyleOp.getNumDpsInputs();
-  int64_t numInits = dstStyleOp.getNumDpsInits();
-  if (numInits == 0)
-    return op->emitOpError("expected at least one output operand");
-  if (failed(OpTrait::impl::verifyNOperands(op, numInputs + numInits)))
-    return failure();
-  // Verify the number of results matches the number of output tensors.
-  if (op->getNumResults() != outputTensorOperands.size())
-    return op->emitOpError("expected the number of results (")
-           << op->getNumResults()
+  // Verify the number of tensor results matches the number of output tensors.
+  if (getNumTensorResults(op) != outputTensorOperands.size())
+    return op->emitOpError("expected the number of tensor results (")
+           << getNumTensorResults(op)
            << ") to be equal to the number of output tensors ("
            << outputTensorOperands.size() << ")";
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/invalid.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/invalid.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/invalid.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/invalid.mlir
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
 func.func @illegal_fill_tensor_no_return(%arg0 : index, %arg1 : index, %arg2 : f32)
 {
   %0 = tensor.empty(%arg0, %arg1) : tensor<?x?xf32>
-  // expected-error @+1 {{expected the number of results (0) to be equal to the number of output tensors (1)}}
+  // expected-error @+1 {{expected the number of tensor results (0) to be equal to the number of output tensors (1)}}
   linalg.fill ins(%arg2 : f32) outs(%0 : tensor<?x?xf32>)
 }
 
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 func.func @illegal_fill_memref_with_tensor_return
   (%arg0 : memref<?x?xf32>, %arg1 : f32) -> tensor<?x?xf32>
 {
-  // expected-error @+1 {{expected the number of results (1) to be equal to the number of output tensors (0)}}
+  // expected-error @+1 {{expected the number of tensor results (1) to be equal to the number of output tensors (0)}}
   %0 = linalg.fill ins(%arg1 : f32) outs(%arg0 : memref<?x?xf32>) -> tensor<?x?xf32>
   return %0 : tensor<?x?xf32>
 }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Interfaces/DestinationStyleOpInterface/verify-destination-style-op-interface.mlir b/mlir/test/Interfaces/DestinationStyleOpInterface/verify-destination-style-op-interface.mlir
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/test/Interfaces/DestinationStyleOpInterface/verify-destination-style-op-interface.mlir
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -split-input-file -verify-diagnostics
+
+func.func @ins_1_index_outs_none_results_1_index(%arg0 : index) -> index {
+  %0 = test.destination_style_op ins(%arg0 : index) -> index
+  func.return %0 : index
+}
+
+// -----
+
+func.func @ins_1_index_outs_1_tensor_results_1_index(%arg0 : index, %arg1 : tensor<2x2xf32>) -> index {
+  // expected-error @+1 {{op expected the number of tensor results (0) to be equal to the number of output tensors (1)}}
+  %0 = test.destination_style_op ins(%arg0 : index) outs(%arg1 : tensor<2x2xf32>) -> index
+  func.return %0 : index
+}
+
+// -----
+
+func.func @ins_1_tensor_outs_none_results_1_index(%arg0 :tensor<2x2xf32>) -> index {
+  %0 = test.destination_style_op ins(%arg0 : tensor<2x2xf32>) -> index
+  func.return %0 : index
+}
+
+// -----
+
+func.func @ins_1_tensor_outs_1_tensor_results_1_index(%arg0 :tensor<2x2xf32>, %arg1 : tensor<2x2xf32>) -> index {
+  // expected-error @+1 {{op expected the number of tensor results (0) to be equal to the number of output tensors (1)}}
+  %0 = test.destination_style_op ins(%arg0 : tensor<2x2xf32>) outs(%arg1 : tensor<2x2xf32>) -> index
+  func.return %0 : index
+}
+
+// -----
+
+func.func @ins_1_index_outs_none_results_1_tensor(%arg0 : index) -> tensor<2x2xf32> {
+  // expected-error @+1 {{op expected the number of tensor results (1) to be equal to the number of output tensors (0)}}
+  %0 = test.destination_style_op ins(%arg0 : index) -> tensor<2x2xf32>
+  func.return %0 : tensor<2x2xf32>
+}
+
+// -----
+
+func.func @ins_1_index_outs_1_tensor_results_1_tensor(%arg0 : index, %arg1 : tensor<2x2xf32>) -> tensor<2x2xf32> {
+  %0 = test.destination_style_op ins(%arg0 : index) outs(%arg1 : tensor<2x2xf32>) -> tensor<2x2xf32>
+  func.return %0 : tensor<2x2xf32>
+}
+
+// -----
+
+func.func @ins_1_tensor_outs_none_results_1_tensor(%arg0 :tensor<2x2xf32>) -> tensor<2x2xf32> {
+  // expected-error @+1 {{op expected the number of tensor results (1) to be equal to the number of output tensors (0)}}
+  %0 = test.destination_style_op ins(%arg0 : tensor<2x2xf32>) -> tensor<2x2xf32>
+  func.return %0 : tensor<2x2xf32>
+}
+
+// -----
+
+func.func @ins_1_tensor_outs_1_tensor_results_1_tensor(%arg0 :tensor<2x2xf32>, %arg1 : tensor<2x2xf32>) -> tensor<2x2xf32> {
+  %0 = test.destination_style_op ins(%arg0 : tensor<2x2xf32>) outs(%arg1 : tensor<2x2xf32>) -> tensor<2x2xf32>
+  func.return %0 : tensor<2x2xf32>
+}
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOps.td b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOps.td
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOps.td
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOps.td
@@ -2908,6 +2908,34 @@
 
 def : Pat<(OpCrashLong $_, $_, $_), (OpCrashShort)>;
 
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// Test DestinationStyleOpInterface.
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+def TestDestinationStyleOp :
+    TEST_Op<"destination_style_op", [
+      DestinationStyleOpInterface,
+      AttrSizedOperandSegments]> {
+  let arguments = (ins
+    Variadic<AnyType>:$inputs,
+    Variadic<AnyType>:$outputs,
+    Variadic<AnyType>:$other_operands);
+  let results = (outs Variadic<AnyType>:$results);
+  let assemblyFormat = [{
+    attr-dict (`ins` `(` $inputs^ `:` type($inputs) `)`)?
+    (`outs` `(` $outputs^  `:` type($outputs) `)`)?
+    (`(` $other_operands^ `:` type($other_operands) `)`)?
+    (`->` type($results)^)?
+  }];
+
+  let extraClassDeclaration = [{
+    std::pair<int64_t, int64_t> getDpsInitsPositionRange() {
+      int64_t numOperands = this->getNumOperands();
+      return {numOperands - getOutputs().size(), numOperands};
+    }
+  }];
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // Test LinalgConvolutionOpInterface.
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//