diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgOps.td
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #define LINALG_OPS
 
 include "mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgBase.td"
+include "mlir/Interfaces/ControlFlowInterfaces.td"
 include "mlir/Interfaces/SideEffectInterfaces.td"
 include "mlir/Interfaces/ViewLikeInterface.td"
 
@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@
   let hasFolder = 1;
 }
 
-def Linalg_YieldOp : Linalg_Op<"yield", [NoSideEffect, Terminator]>,
+def Linalg_YieldOp : Linalg_Op<"yield", [NoSideEffect, ReturnLike, Terminator]>,
     Arguments<(ins Variadic<AnyType>:$values)> {
   let summary = "Linalg yield operation";
   let description = [{
diff --git a/mlir/integration_test/Dialect/Linalg/CPU/test-tensor-e2e.mlir b/mlir/integration_test/Dialect/Linalg/CPU/test-tensor-e2e.mlir
--- a/mlir/integration_test/Dialect/Linalg/CPU/test-tensor-e2e.mlir
+++ b/mlir/integration_test/Dialect/Linalg/CPU/test-tensor-e2e.mlir
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -tensor-constant-bufferize -std-bufferize -linalg-bufferize -func-bufferize -convert-linalg-to-loops -convert-linalg-to-llvm -convert-std-to-llvm | \
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -tensor-constant-bufferize -std-bufferize -linalg-bufferize \
+// RUN: -func-bufferize -finalizing-bufferize -convert-linalg-to-loops \
+// RUN: -convert-linalg-to-llvm -convert-std-to-llvm | \
 // RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e main -entry-point-result=void \
 // RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_integration_test_dir/libmlir_runner_utils%shlibext \
 // RUN: | FileCheck %s
diff --git a/mlir/integration_test/Dialect/Linalg/CPU/test-tensor-matmul.mlir b/mlir/integration_test/Dialect/Linalg/CPU/test-tensor-matmul.mlir
--- a/mlir/integration_test/Dialect/Linalg/CPU/test-tensor-matmul.mlir
+++ b/mlir/integration_test/Dialect/Linalg/CPU/test-tensor-matmul.mlir
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -linalg-bufferize -std-bufferize -tensor-constant-bufferize -func-bufferize \
-// RUN: -convert-linalg-to-loops -convert-linalg-to-llvm -convert-std-to-llvm | \
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -linalg-bufferize -std-bufferize -tensor-constant-bufferize \
+// RUN: -func-bufferize -finalizing-bufferize  -convert-linalg-to-loops \
+// RUN: -convert-linalg-to-llvm -convert-std-to-llvm | \
 // RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e main -entry-point-result=void \
 // RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_integration_test_dir/libmlir_runner_utils%shlibext \
 // RUN: | FileCheck %s
 
 // RUN: mlir-opt %s  -linalg-tile="linalg-tile-sizes=1,2,3" -linalg-bufferize \
-// RUN: -scf-bufferize -std-bufferize -tensor-constant-bufferize -func-bufferize -convert-linalg-to-loops \
-// RUN:  -convert-scf-to-std -convert-linalg-to-llvm | \
+// RUN: -scf-bufferize -std-bufferize -tensor-constant-bufferize -func-bufferize \
+// RUN: -finalizing-bufferize -convert-linalg-to-loops -convert-scf-to-std \
+// RUN: -convert-linalg-to-llvm | \
 // RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e main -entry-point-result=void \
 // RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_integration_test_dir/libmlir_runner_utils%shlibext \
 // RUN: | FileCheck %s