diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Vector/VectorOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Vector/VectorOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Vector/VectorOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Vector/VectorOps.td
@@ -1055,7 +1055,8 @@
 def Vector_TransferReadOp :
   Vector_Op<"transfer_read", [
       DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<VectorTransferOpInterface>,
-      DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<VectorUnrollOpInterface, ["getShapeForUnroll"]>
+      DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<VectorUnrollOpInterface, ["getShapeForUnroll"]>,
+      DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<MemoryEffectsOpInterface>
     ]>,
     Arguments<(ins AnyShaped:$source, Variadic<Index>:$indices,
                AffineMapAttr:$permutation_map, AnyType:$padding,
@@ -1224,7 +1225,8 @@
 def Vector_TransferWriteOp :
   Vector_Op<"transfer_write", [
       DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<VectorTransferOpInterface>,
-      DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<VectorUnrollOpInterface, ["getShapeForUnroll"]>
+      DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<VectorUnrollOpInterface, ["getShapeForUnroll"]>,
+      DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<MemoryEffectsOpInterface>
   ]>,
     Arguments<(ins AnyVector:$vector, AnyShaped:$source,
                Variadic<Index>:$indices,
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Vector/VectorOps.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Vector/VectorOps.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Vector/VectorOps.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Vector/VectorOps.cpp
@@ -2227,6 +2227,14 @@
   return SmallVector<int64_t, 4>{s.begin(), s.end()};
 }
 
+void TransferReadOp::getEffects(
+    SmallVectorImpl<SideEffects::EffectInstance<MemoryEffects::Effect>>
+        &effects) {
+  if (getShapedType().isa<MemRefType>())
+    effects.emplace_back(MemoryEffects::Read::get(), source(),
+                         SideEffects::DefaultResource::get());
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // TransferWriteOp
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -2341,6 +2349,14 @@
   return llvm::to_vector<4>(getVectorType().getShape());
 }
 
+void TransferWriteOp::getEffects(
+    SmallVectorImpl<SideEffects::EffectInstance<MemoryEffects::Effect>>
+        &effects) {
+  if (getShapedType().isa<MemRefType>())
+    effects.emplace_back(MemoryEffects::Write::get(), source(),
+                         SideEffects::DefaultResource::get());
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // MaskedLoadOp
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/test/Conversion/VectorToSCF/vector-to-loops.mlir b/mlir/test/Conversion/VectorToSCF/vector-to-loops.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Conversion/VectorToSCF/vector-to-loops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Conversion/VectorToSCF/vector-to-loops.mlir
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -convert-vector-to-scf -split-input-file | FileCheck %s
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -convert-vector-to-scf=full-unroll=true -split-input-file | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=FULL-UNROLL
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -convert-vector-to-scf -split-input-file -allow-unregistered-dialect | FileCheck %s
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -convert-vector-to-scf=full-unroll=true -split-input-file -allow-unregistered-dialect | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=FULL-UNROLL
 
 // CHECK-LABEL: func @materialize_read_1d() {
 func @materialize_read_1d() {
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
       // CHECK-NEXT: else
       // CHECK-NEXT: vector.insertelement
       // CHECK-NEXT: store
+      // Add a dummy use to prevent dead code elimination from removing transfer
+      // read ops.
+      "dummy_use"(%f1, %f2, %f3, %f4) : (vector<4xf32>, vector<4xf32>, vector<4xf32>, vector<4xf32>) -> ()
     }
   }
   return
@@ -41,6 +44,9 @@
             %f1 = vector.transfer_read %A[%i0, %i1, %i2, %i3, %i4], %f0 {permutation_map = affine_map<(d0, d1, d2, d3, d4) -> (d3)>} : memref<7x?x?x42x?xf32>, vector<4xf32>
             %i3p1 = affine.apply affine_map<(d0) -> (d0 + 1)> (%i3)
             %f2 = vector.transfer_read %A[%i0, %i1, %i2, %i3p1, %i4], %f0 {permutation_map = affine_map<(d0, d1, d2, d3, d4) -> (d3)>} : memref<7x?x?x42x?xf32>, vector<4xf32>
+            // Add a dummy use to prevent dead code elimination from removing
+            // transfer read ops.
+            "dummy_use"(%f1, %f2) : (vector<4xf32>, vector<4xf32>) -> ()
           }
         }
       }
@@ -88,6 +94,9 @@
   // CHECK-NEXT:              }
   // CHECK-NEXT:            }
   // CHECK-NEXT:          }
+  // CHECK-NEXT:          %[[ALLOC_CAST:.*]] = vector.type_cast %[[ALLOC]] : memref<5x4xvector<3xf32>> to memref<vector<5x4x3xf32>>
+  // CHECK-NEXT:          %[[LD:.*]] = load %[[ALLOC_CAST]][] : memref<vector<5x4x3xf32>>
+  // CHECK-NEXT:          "dummy_use"(%[[LD]]) : (vector<5x4x3xf32>) -> ()
   // CHECK-NEXT:        }
   // CHECK-NEXT:      }
   // CHECK-NEXT:    }
@@ -104,6 +113,9 @@
       affine.for %i2 = 0 to %O {
         affine.for %i3 = 0 to %P step 5 {
           %f = vector.transfer_read %A[%i0, %i1, %i2, %i3], %f0 {permutation_map = affine_map<(d0, d1, d2, d3) -> (d3, 0, d0)>} : memref<?x?x?x?xf32>, vector<5x4x3xf32>
+          // Add a dummy use to prevent dead code elimination from removing
+          // transfer read ops.
+          "dummy_use"(%f) : (vector<5x4x3xf32>) -> ()
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Vector/canonicalize.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Vector/canonicalize.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Vector/canonicalize.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Vector/canonicalize.mlir
@@ -661,3 +661,19 @@
   return %0 : vector<1x4x4xf16>
 }
 
+// -----
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @dead_transfer_op
+//   CHECK-NOT:   vector.transfer_read
+//   CHECK-NOT:   vector.transfer_write
+//       CHECK:   return
+func @dead_transfer_op(%arg0 : tensor<4x4xf32>, %arg1 : memref<4x4xf32>,
+                       %v0 : vector<1x4xf32>) {
+  %c0 = constant 0 : index
+  %cf0 = constant 0.0 : f32
+  %r = vector.transfer_read %arg1[%c0, %c0], %cf0 :
+    memref<4x4xf32>, vector<1x4xf32>
+  %w = vector.transfer_write %v0, %arg0[%c0, %c0] :
+    vector<1x4xf32>, tensor<4x4xf32>
+  return
+}