diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Analysis/DependenceAnalysis.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Analysis/DependenceAnalysis.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Analysis/DependenceAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Analysis/DependenceAnalysis.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 
   auto it = aliases.find(v);
   if (it != aliases.end()) {
-    assert(it->getSecond().getType().isa<MemRefType>() && "Memref expected");
+    assert(it->getSecond().getType().isa<BaseMemRefType>() &&
+           "Memref expected");
     return it->getSecond();
   }