diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OperationSupport.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OperationSupport.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OperationSupport.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OperationSupport.h
@@ -598,8 +598,8 @@
   iterator_range<type_iterator> getTypes() const { return {begin(), end()}; }
 
 private:
-  /// See `detail::indexed_accessor_range_base` for details.
-  static OpResult dereference_iterator(Operation *op, ptrdiff_t index);
+  /// See `indexed_accessor_range` for details.
+  static OpResult dereference(Operation *op, ptrdiff_t index);
 
   /// Allow access to `dereference_iterator`.
   friend indexed_accessor_range<ResultRange, Operation *, OpResult, OpResult,
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Support/STLExtras.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Support/STLExtras.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Support/STLExtras.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Support/STLExtras.h
@@ -286,18 +286,16 @@
 /// bases that are offsetable should derive from indexed_accessor_range_base
 /// instead. Derived range classes are expected to implement the following
 /// static method:
-///   * ReferenceT dereference_iterator(const BaseT &base, ptrdiff_t index)
+///   * ReferenceT dereference(const BaseT &base, ptrdiff_t index)
 ///     - Derefence an iterator pointing to a parent base at the given index.
 template <typename DerivedT, typename BaseT, typename T,
           typename PointerT = T *, typename ReferenceT = T &>
 class indexed_accessor_range
     : public detail::indexed_accessor_range_base<
-          indexed_accessor_range<DerivedT, BaseT, T, PointerT, ReferenceT>,
-          std::pair<BaseT, ptrdiff_t>, T, PointerT, ReferenceT> {
+          DerivedT, std::pair<BaseT, ptrdiff_t>, T, PointerT, ReferenceT> {
 public:
   using detail::indexed_accessor_range_base<
-      indexed_accessor_range<DerivedT, BaseT, T, PointerT, ReferenceT>,
-      std::pair<BaseT, ptrdiff_t>, T, PointerT,
+      DerivedT, std::pair<BaseT, ptrdiff_t>, T, PointerT,
       ReferenceT>::indexed_accessor_range_base;
 
   /// Returns the current base of the range.
@@ -306,14 +304,6 @@
   /// Returns the current start index of the range.
   ptrdiff_t getStartIndex() const { return this->base.second; }
 
-protected:
-  indexed_accessor_range(BaseT base, ptrdiff_t startIndex, ptrdiff_t count)
-      : detail::indexed_accessor_range_base<
-            indexed_accessor_range<DerivedT, BaseT, T, PointerT, ReferenceT>,
-            std::pair<BaseT, ptrdiff_t>, T, PointerT, ReferenceT>(
-            std::make_pair(base, startIndex), count) {}
-
-private:
   /// See `detail::indexed_accessor_range_base` for details.
   static std::pair<BaseT, ptrdiff_t>
   offset_base(const std::pair<BaseT, ptrdiff_t> &base, ptrdiff_t index) {
@@ -325,13 +315,14 @@
   static ReferenceT
   dereference_iterator(const std::pair<BaseT, ptrdiff_t> &base,
                        ptrdiff_t index) {
-    return DerivedT::dereference_iterator(base.first, base.second + index);
+    return DerivedT::dereference(base.first, base.second + index);
   }
 
-  /// Allow access to `offset_base` and `dereference_iterator`.
-  friend detail::indexed_accessor_range_base<
-      indexed_accessor_range<DerivedT, BaseT, T, PointerT, ReferenceT>,
-      std::pair<BaseT, ptrdiff_t>, T, PointerT, ReferenceT>;
+protected:
+  indexed_accessor_range(BaseT base, ptrdiff_t startIndex, ptrdiff_t count)
+      : detail::indexed_accessor_range_base<
+            DerivedT, std::pair<BaseT, ptrdiff_t>, T, PointerT, ReferenceT>(
+            std::make_pair(base, startIndex), count) {}
 };
 
 /// Given a container of pairs, return a range over the second elements.
diff --git a/mlir/lib/IR/OperationSupport.cpp b/mlir/lib/IR/OperationSupport.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/IR/OperationSupport.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/IR/OperationSupport.cpp
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@
 ResultRange::ResultRange(Operation *op)
     : ResultRange(op, /*startIndex=*/0, op->getNumResults()) {}
 
-/// See `detail::indexed_accessor_range_base` for details.
-OpResult ResultRange::dereference_iterator(Operation *op, ptrdiff_t index) {
+/// See `indexed_accessor_range` for details.
+OpResult ResultRange::dereference(Operation *op, ptrdiff_t index) {
   return op->getResult(index);
 }