diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Analysis/TestLiveness.cpp b/mlir/test/lib/Analysis/TestLiveness.cpp
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Analysis/TestLiveness.cpp
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Analysis/TestLiveness.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@
     return "Print the contents of a constructed liveness information.";
   }
   void runOnOperation() override {
+    if (!isa<SymbolOpInterface>(Pass::getOperation())) {
+      auto passName = getArgument();
+      Pass::getOperation()->emitError()
+          << passName
+          << " pass can operate on an operation with SymbolOpInteface.\n"
+          << "NOTE: The option may need to be fixed to `-pass-pipeline="
+          << "\"builtin.module(func.func(" << passName << "))\"`\n";
+      return signalPassFailure();
+    }
     llvm::errs() << "Testing : " << getOperation().getName() << "\n";
     getAnalysis<Liveness>().print(llvm::errs());
   }
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Analysis/TestMemRefStrideCalculation.cpp b/mlir/test/lib/Analysis/TestMemRefStrideCalculation.cpp
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Analysis/TestMemRefStrideCalculation.cpp
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Analysis/TestMemRefStrideCalculation.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@
 
 /// Traverse AllocOp and compute strides of each MemRefType independently.
 void TestMemRefStrideCalculation::runOnOperation() {
+  if (!isa<SymbolOpInterface>(Pass::getOperation())) {
+    auto passName = getArgument();
+    Pass::getOperation()->emitError()
+        << passName
+        << " pass can operate on an operation with SymbolOpInteface.\n"
+        << "NOTE: The option may need to be fixed to `-pass-pipeline="
+        << "\"builtin.module(func.func(" << passName << "))\"`\n";
+    return signalPassFailure();
+  }
+
   llvm::outs() << "Testing: " << getOperation().getName() << "\n";
   getOperation().walk([&](memref::AllocOp allocOp) {
     auto memrefType = cast<MemRefType>(allocOp.getResult().getType());
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Analysis/TestSlice.cpp b/mlir/test/lib/Analysis/TestSlice.cpp
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Analysis/TestSlice.cpp
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Analysis/TestSlice.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@
     return "Print operations in topological order";
   }
   void runOnOperation() override {
+    if (!isa<SymbolOpInterface>(Pass::getOperation())) {
+      auto passName = getArgument();
+      Pass::getOperation()->emitError()
+          << passName
+          << " pass can operate on an operation with SymbolOpInteface.\n"
+          << "NOTE: The option may need to be fixed to `-pass-pipeline="
+          << "\"builtin.module(func.func(" << passName << "))\"`\n";
+      return signalPassFailure();
+    }
+
     std::map<int, Operation *> ops;
     getOperation().walk([&ops](Operation *op) {
       if (auto originalOrderAttr = op->getAttrOfType<IntegerAttr>(kOrderMarker))
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/IR/TestDiagnostics.cpp b/mlir/test/lib/IR/TestDiagnostics.cpp
--- a/mlir/test/lib/IR/TestDiagnostics.cpp
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/IR/TestDiagnostics.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@
   TestDiagnosticFilterPass(const TestDiagnosticFilterPass &) {}
 
   void runOnOperation() override {
+    if (!isa<SymbolOpInterface>(Pass::getOperation())) {
+      auto passName = getArgument();
+      Pass::getOperation()->emitError()
+          << passName
+          << " pass can operate on an operation with SymbolOpInteface.\n"
+          << "NOTE: The option may need to be fixed to `-pass-pipeline="
+          << "\"builtin.module(func.func(" << passName << "{filters=..}))\"`\n";
+      return signalPassFailure();
+    }
+
     llvm::errs() << "Test '" << getOperation().getName() << "'\n";
 
     // Build a diagnostic handler that has filtering capabilities.
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/IR/TestDominance.cpp b/mlir/test/lib/IR/TestDominance.cpp
--- a/mlir/test/lib/IR/TestDominance.cpp
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/IR/TestDominance.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,16 @@
   }
 
   void runOnOperation() override {
+    if (!isa<SymbolOpInterface>(Pass::getOperation())) {
+      auto passName = getArgument();
+      Pass::getOperation()->emitError()
+          << passName
+          << " pass can operate on an operation with SymbolOpInteface.\n"
+          << "NOTE: The option may need to be fixed to `-pass-pipeline="
+          << "\"builtin.module(func.func(" << passName << "))\"`\n";
+      return signalPassFailure();
+    }
+
     llvm::errs() << "Testing : " << getOperation().getName() << "\n";
     DominanceTest dominanceTest(getOperation());