diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/SymbolInterfaces.td b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/SymbolInterfaces.td
index a8b04d0453110..bbfa30815bd4a 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/SymbolInterfaces.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/SymbolInterfaces.td
@@ -55,19 +55,19 @@ def Symbol : OpInterface<"SymbolOpInterface"> {
     InterfaceMethod<"Returns true if this symbol has nested visibility.",
       "bool", "isNested", (ins),  [{}],
       /*defaultImplementation=*/[{
-        return getVisibility() == mlir::SymbolTable::Visibility::Nested;
+        return $_op.getVisibility() == mlir::SymbolTable::Visibility::Nested;
       }]
     >,
     InterfaceMethod<"Returns true if this symbol has private visibility.",
       "bool", "isPrivate", (ins),  [{}],
       /*defaultImplementation=*/[{
-        return getVisibility() == mlir::SymbolTable::Visibility::Private;
+        return $_op.getVisibility() == mlir::SymbolTable::Visibility::Private;
       }]
     >,
     InterfaceMethod<"Returns true if this symbol has public visibility.",
       "bool", "isPublic", (ins),  [{}],
       /*defaultImplementation=*/[{
-        return getVisibility() == mlir::SymbolTable::Visibility::Public;
+        return $_op.getVisibility() == mlir::SymbolTable::Visibility::Public;
       }]
     >,
     InterfaceMethod<"Sets the visibility of this symbol.",
@@ -79,19 +79,19 @@ def Symbol : OpInterface<"SymbolOpInterface"> {
     InterfaceMethod<"Sets the visibility of this symbol to be nested.",
       "void", "setNested", (ins),  [{}],
       /*defaultImplementation=*/[{
-        setVisibility(mlir::SymbolTable::Visibility::Nested);
+        $_op.setVisibility(mlir::SymbolTable::Visibility::Nested);
       }]
     >,
     InterfaceMethod<"Sets the visibility of this symbol to be private.",
       "void", "setPrivate", (ins),  [{}],
       /*defaultImplementation=*/[{
-        setVisibility(mlir::SymbolTable::Visibility::Private);
+        $_op.setVisibility(mlir::SymbolTable::Visibility::Private);
       }]
     >,
     InterfaceMethod<"Sets the visibility of this symbol to be public.",
       "void", "setPublic", (ins),  [{}],
       /*defaultImplementation=*/[{
-        setVisibility(mlir::SymbolTable::Visibility::Public);
+        $_op.setVisibility(mlir::SymbolTable::Visibility::Public);
       }]
     >,
     InterfaceMethod<[{
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def Symbol : OpInterface<"SymbolOpInterface"> {
         // By default, base this on the visibility alone. A symbol can be
         // discarded as long as it is not public. Only public symbols may be
         // visible from outside of the IR.
-        return getVisibility() != ::mlir::SymbolTable::Visibility::Public;
+        return $_op.getVisibility() != ::mlir::SymbolTable::Visibility::Public;
       }]
     >,
     InterfaceMethod<[{
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOpDefs.cpp b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOpDefs.cpp
index f79e2cfbcb259..53055fea215b7 100644
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOpDefs.cpp
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOpDefs.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,32 @@
 using namespace mlir;
 using namespace test;
 
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// OverridenSymbolVisibilityOp
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+SymbolTable::Visibility OverriddenSymbolVisibilityOp::getVisibility() {
+  return SymbolTable::Visibility::Private;
+}
+
+static StringLiteral getVisibilityString(SymbolTable::Visibility visibility) {
+  switch (visibility) {
+  case SymbolTable::Visibility::Private:
+    return "private";
+  case SymbolTable::Visibility::Nested:
+    return "nested";
+  case SymbolTable::Visibility::Public:
+    return "public";
+  }
+}
+
+void OverriddenSymbolVisibilityOp::setVisibility(
+    SymbolTable::Visibility visibility) {
+
+  emitOpError("cannot change visibility of symbol to ")
+      << getVisibilityString(visibility);
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // TestBranchOp
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOps.td b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOps.td
index a7c6cd60a0ee4..927c98225bf2f 100644
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOps.td
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOps.td
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ def SymbolOp : TEST_Op<"symbol", [NoMemoryEffect, Symbol]> {
                        OptionalAttr<StrAttr>:$sym_visibility);
 }
 
+def OverriddenSymbolVisibilityOp : TEST_Op<"overridden_symbol_visibility", [
+  DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<Symbol, ["getVisibility", "setVisibility"]>,
+]> {
+  let summary =  "operation overridden symbol visibility accessors";
+  let arguments = (ins StrAttr:$sym_name);
+}
+
 def SymbolScopeOp : TEST_Op<"symbol_scope",
     [SymbolTable, SingleBlockImplicitTerminator<"TerminatorOp">]> {
   let summary =  "operation which defines a new symbol table";
diff --git a/mlir/unittests/IR/SymbolTableTest.cpp b/mlir/unittests/IR/SymbolTableTest.cpp
index cfc3fe0cb1c5b..4b3545bce1952 100644
--- a/mlir/unittests/IR/SymbolTableTest.cpp
+++ b/mlir/unittests/IR/SymbolTableTest.cpp
@@ -132,4 +132,38 @@ TEST_F(ReplaceAllSymbolUsesTest, StringAttrInFuncOp) {
   });
 }
 
+TEST(SymbolOpInterface, Visibility) {
+  DialectRegistry registry;
+  ::test::registerTestDialect(registry);
+  MLIRContext context(registry);
+
+  constexpr static StringLiteral kInput = R"MLIR(
+    "test.overridden_symbol_visibility"() {sym_name = "symbol_name"} : () -> ()
+  )MLIR";
+  OwningOpRef<ModuleOp> module = parseSourceString<ModuleOp>(kInput, &context);
+  auto symOp = cast<SymbolOpInterface>(module->getBody()->front());
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(symOp.isPrivate());
+  ASSERT_FALSE(symOp.isPublic());
+  ASSERT_FALSE(symOp.isNested());
+  ASSERT_TRUE(symOp.canDiscardOnUseEmpty());
+
+  std::string diagStr;
+  context.getDiagEngine().registerHandler(
+      [&](Diagnostic &diag) { diagStr += diag.str(); });
+
+  std::string expectedDiag;
+  symOp.setPublic();
+  expectedDiag += "'test.overridden_symbol_visibility' op cannot change "
+                  "visibility of symbol to public";
+  symOp.setNested();
+  expectedDiag += "'test.overridden_symbol_visibility' op cannot change "
+                  "visibility of symbol to nested";
+  symOp.setPrivate();
+  expectedDiag += "'test.overridden_symbol_visibility' op cannot change "
+                  "visibility of symbol to private";
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(diagStr, expectedDiag);
+}
+
 } // namespace