diff --git a/mlir/include/air/Dialect/AIRRt/AIRRtOps.td b/mlir/include/air/Dialect/AIRRt/AIRRtOps.td
index baeb696cb..43cbed364 100644
--- a/mlir/include/air/Dialect/AIRRt/AIRRtOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/air/Dialect/AIRRt/AIRRtOps.td
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ def AIRRt_AllocOp: AIRRt_Op<"alloc", []> {
   let description = [{
     AIRRt Allocation Op
   }];
+  let hasCanonicalizer  = 1;
 }
 
 def AIRRt_DeallocOp: AIRRt_Op<"dealloc", []> {
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ def AIRRt_DeallocOp: AIRRt_Op<"dealloc", []> {
   let description = [{
     AIRRt Deallocation Op
   }];
+  let hasCanonicalizer  = 1;
 }
 
 def AIRRt_WaitAllOp : AIRRt_Op<"wait_all", []> {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/AIRRt/IR/AIRRtDialect.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/AIRRt/IR/AIRRtDialect.cpp
index 055c3171b..24496beb0 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/AIRRt/IR/AIRRtDialect.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/AIRRt/IR/AIRRtDialect.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,35 @@ static LogicalResult FoldWaitAll(WaitAllOp op, PatternRewriter &rewriter) {
   return failure();
 }
 
+static LogicalResult FoldAlloc(AllocOp op, PatternRewriter &rewriter) {
+  auto memref = op.getResult();
+  if (!llvm::range_size(memref.getUsers())) {
+    rewriter.eraseOp(op);
+    return success();
+  }
+  return failure();
+}
+
+static LogicalResult FoldDealloc(DeallocOp op, PatternRewriter &rewriter) {
+  auto memref = op.getOperand();
+  if (llvm::range_size(memref.getUsers()) == 1) {
+    rewriter.eraseOp(op);
+    return success();
+  }
+  return failure();
+}
+
 void WaitAllOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(RewritePatternSet &patterns,
                                             MLIRContext *context) {
   patterns.add(FoldWaitAll);
 }
+
+void AllocOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(RewritePatternSet &patterns,
+                                          MLIRContext *context) {
+  patterns.add(FoldAlloc);
+}
+
+void DeallocOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(RewritePatternSet &patterns,
+                                            MLIRContext *context) {
+  patterns.add(FoldDealloc);
+}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/AIRRt/airrt_canonicalize.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/AIRRt/airrt_canonicalize.mlir
index 566a747dd..caaa530c3 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/AIRRt/airrt_canonicalize.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/AIRRt/airrt_canonicalize.mlir
@@ -32,3 +32,11 @@ func.func @wait_all_1(%e0 : !airrt.event, %e1 : !airrt.event, %e2 : !airrt.event
   %7 = airrt.wait_all %6 : !airrt.event
   return %7 : !airrt.event
 }
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: alloc_dealloc
+// CHECK-NEXT: return
+func.func @alloc_dealloc() {
+  %0 = airrt.alloc : memref<1x4x4x16xi32, 1>
+  airrt.dealloc %0 : memref<1x4x4x16xi32, 1>
+  return
+}