diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Affine/Analysis/AffineAnalysis.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Affine/Analysis/AffineAnalysis.h
index 4134aef8174bc..3e4b8648061ff 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Affine/Analysis/AffineAnalysis.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Affine/Analysis/AffineAnalysis.h
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ LogicalResult getIndexSet(MutableArrayRef<Operation *> ops,
 /// Encapsulates a memref load or store access information.
 struct MemRefAccess {
   Value memref;
-  Operation *opInst;
+  Operation *opInst = nullptr;
   SmallVector<Value, 4> indices;
 
-  /// Constructs a MemRefAccess from a load or store operation.
-  // TODO: add accessors to standard op's load, store, DMA op's to return
-  // MemRefAccess, i.e., loadOp->getAccess(), dmaOp->getRead/WriteAccess.
-  explicit MemRefAccess(Operation *opInst);
+  /// Constructs a MemRefAccess from an affine read/write operation.
+  explicit MemRefAccess(Operation *memOp);
+
+  MemRefAccess() = default;
 
   // Returns the rank of the memref associated with this access.
   unsigned getRank() const;
@@ -126,10 +126,12 @@ struct MemRefAccess {
   /// time (considering the memrefs, their respective affine access maps  and
   /// operands). The equality of access functions + operands is checked by
   /// subtracting fully composed value maps, and then simplifying the difference
-  /// using the expression flattener.
-  /// TODO: this does not account for aliasing of memrefs.
+  /// using the expression flattener. This does not account for aliasing of
+  /// memrefs.
   bool operator==(const MemRefAccess &rhs) const;
   bool operator!=(const MemRefAccess &rhs) const { return !(*this == rhs); }
+
+  explicit operator bool() const { return !!memref; }
 };
 
 // DependenceComponent contains state about the direction of a dependence as an
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Affine/Analysis/Utils.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Affine/Analysis/Utils.cpp
index 8bdb4c3593335..4739290bf6e4b 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Affine/Analysis/Utils.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Affine/Analysis/Utils.cpp
@@ -1550,15 +1550,17 @@ mlir::affine::computeSliceUnion(ArrayRef<Operation *> opsA,
   FlatAffineValueConstraints sliceUnionCst;
   assert(sliceUnionCst.getNumDimAndSymbolVars() == 0);
   std::vector<std::pair<Operation *, Operation *>> dependentOpPairs;
-  for (Operation *i : opsA) {
-    MemRefAccess srcAccess(i);
-    for (Operation *j : opsB) {
-      MemRefAccess dstAccess(j);
+  MemRefAccess srcAccess;
+  MemRefAccess dstAccess;
+  for (Operation *a : opsA) {
+    srcAccess = MemRefAccess(a);
+    for (Operation *b : opsB) {
+      dstAccess = MemRefAccess(b);
       if (srcAccess.memref != dstAccess.memref)
         continue;
       // Check if 'loopDepth' exceeds nesting depth of src/dst ops.
-      if ((!isBackwardSlice && loopDepth > getNestingDepth(i)) ||
-          (isBackwardSlice && loopDepth > getNestingDepth(j))) {
+      if ((!isBackwardSlice && loopDepth > getNestingDepth(a)) ||
+          (isBackwardSlice && loopDepth > getNestingDepth(b))) {
         LLVM_DEBUG(llvm::dbgs() << "Invalid loop depth\n");
         return SliceComputationResult::GenericFailure;
       }
@@ -1577,13 +1579,12 @@ mlir::affine::computeSliceUnion(ArrayRef<Operation *> opsA,
       }
       if (result.value == DependenceResult::NoDependence)
         continue;
-      dependentOpPairs.emplace_back(i, j);
+      dependentOpPairs.emplace_back(a, b);
 
       // Compute slice bounds for 'srcAccess' and 'dstAccess'.
       ComputationSliceState tmpSliceState;
-      mlir::affine::getComputationSliceState(i, j, dependenceConstraints,
-                                             loopDepth, isBackwardSlice,
-                                             &tmpSliceState);
+      getComputationSliceState(a, b, dependenceConstraints, loopDepth,
+                               isBackwardSlice, &tmpSliceState);
 
       if (sliceUnionCst.getNumDimAndSymbolVars() == 0) {
         // Initialize 'sliceUnionCst' with the bounds computed in previous step.
@@ -1948,16 +1949,16 @@ AffineForOp mlir::affine::insertBackwardComputationSlice(
 
 // Constructs  MemRefAccess populating it with the memref, its indices and
 // opinst from 'loadOrStoreOpInst'.
-MemRefAccess::MemRefAccess(Operation *loadOrStoreOpInst) {
-  if (auto loadOp = dyn_cast<AffineReadOpInterface>(loadOrStoreOpInst)) {
+MemRefAccess::MemRefAccess(Operation *memOp) {
+  if (auto loadOp = dyn_cast<AffineReadOpInterface>(memOp)) {
     memref = loadOp.getMemRef();
-    opInst = loadOrStoreOpInst;
+    opInst = memOp;
     llvm::append_range(indices, loadOp.getMapOperands());
   } else {
-    assert(isa<AffineWriteOpInterface>(loadOrStoreOpInst) &&
+    assert(isa<AffineWriteOpInterface>(memOp) &&
            "Affine read/write op expected");
-    auto storeOp = cast<AffineWriteOpInterface>(loadOrStoreOpInst);
-    opInst = loadOrStoreOpInst;
+    auto storeOp = cast<AffineWriteOpInterface>(memOp);
+    opInst = memOp;
     memref = storeOp.getMemRef();
     llvm::append_range(indices, storeOp.getMapOperands());
   }