diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Vectorization.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Vectorization.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Vectorization.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Vectorization.cpp
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 
 /// Generic vectorization function that rewrites the body of a `linalgOp` into
 /// vector form. Generic vectorization proceeds as follows:
-///   1. The region for the linalg op is created if necessary.
+///   1. Verify the `linalgOp` has one non-empty region.
 ///   2. Values defined above the region are mapped to themselves and will be
 ///   broadcasted on a per-need basis by their consumers.
 ///   3. Each region argument is vectorized into a vector.transfer_read (or 0-d
@@ -299,36 +299,21 @@
 LogicalResult vectorizeAsLinalgGeneric(
     OpBuilder &builder, LinalgOp linalgOp, SmallVectorImpl<Value> &newResults,
     ArrayRef<CustomVectorizationHook> customVectorizationHooks = {}) {
-  // 1. Certain Linalg ops do not have a region but only a region builder.
-  // If so, build the region so we can vectorize.
-  std::unique_ptr<Region> owningRegion;
-  Region *region;
-  if (linalgOp->getNumRegions() > 0) {
-    region = &linalgOp->getRegion(0);
-  } else {
-    // RAII avoid remaining in block.
-    OpBuilder::InsertionGuard g(builder);
-    owningRegion = std::make_unique<Region>();
-    region = owningRegion.get();
-    Block *block = builder.createBlock(region);
-    auto elementTypes = llvm::to_vector<4>(
-        llvm::map_range(linalgOp.getShapedOperandTypes(),
-                        [](ShapedType t) { return t.getElementType(); }));
-    block->addArguments(elementTypes);
-    linalgOp.getRegionBuilder()(*block, /*captures=*/{});
-  }
-  Block *block = &region->front();
+  // 1. Fail to vectorize if the operation does not have one non-empty region.
+  if (linalgOp->getNumRegions() != 1 || linalgOp->getRegion(0).empty())
+    return failure();
+  auto &block = linalgOp->getRegion(0).front();
 
   BlockAndValueMapping bvm;
   // 2. Values defined above the region can only be broadcast for now. Make them
   // map to themselves.
   llvm::SetVector<Value> valuesSet;
-  mlir::getUsedValuesDefinedAbove(*region, valuesSet);
+  mlir::getUsedValuesDefinedAbove(linalgOp->getRegion(0), valuesSet);
   bvm.map(valuesSet.getArrayRef(), valuesSet.getArrayRef());
 
   // 3. Turn all BBArgs into vector.transfer_read / load.
   SmallVector<AffineMap> indexings;
-  for (auto bbarg : block->getArguments()) {
+  for (auto bbarg : block.getArguments()) {
     Value vectorArg = linalgOp.getShapedOperand(bbarg.getArgNumber());
     AffineMap map;
     VectorType vectorType = extractVectorTypeFromShapedValue(vectorArg);
@@ -360,7 +345,7 @@
   hooks.push_back(vectorizeYield);
 
   // 5. Iteratively call `vectorizeOneOp` to each op in the slice.
-  for (Operation &op : block->getOperations()) {
+  for (Operation &op : block.getOperations()) {
     VectorizationResult result = vectorizeOneOp(builder, &op, bvm, hooks);
     if (result.status == VectorizationStatus::Failure) {
       LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "\n[" DEBUG_TYPE "]: failed to vectorize: " << op);