diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.td
index 721f9f6b320ad..ecd833bd9572e 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.td
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ def EmitC_IncludeOp
   let hasCustomAssemblyFormat = 1;
 }
 
-def EmitC_LiteralOp : EmitC_Op<"literal", [Pure]> {
+def EmitC_LiteralOp : EmitC_Op<"literal", [Pure, CExpressionInterface]> {
   let summary = "Literal operation";
   let description = [{
     The `emitc.literal` operation produces an SSA value equal to some constant
@@ -896,6 +896,12 @@ def EmitC_LiteralOp : EmitC_Op<"literal", [Pure]> {
 
   let hasVerifier = 1;
   let assemblyFormat = "$value attr-dict `:` type($result)";
+
+  let extraClassDeclaration = [{
+    bool hasSideEffects() {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }];
 }
 
 def EmitC_LogicalAndOp : EmitC_BinaryOp<"logical_and", []> {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/EmitC/Transforms/FormExpressions.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/EmitC/Transforms/FormExpressions.cpp
index 2f3e2618f4d74..b6fee09770ee7 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/EmitC/Transforms/FormExpressions.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/EmitC/Transforms/FormExpressions.cpp
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ struct FormExpressionsPass
     // Wrap each C operator op with an expression op.
     OpBuilder builder(context);
     auto matchFun = [&](Operation *op) {
-      if (isa<emitc::CExpressionInterface>(*op) &&
-          !op->getParentOfType<emitc::ExpressionOp>() &&
-          op->getNumResults() == 1)
+      if (op->getNumResults() == 1 && !isa<emitc::LiteralOp>(op) &&
+          isa<emitc::CExpressionInterface>(*op) &&
+          !op->getParentOfType<emitc::ExpressionOp>())
         createExpression(op, builder);
     };
     rootOp->walk(matchFun);
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Target/Cpp/TranslateToCpp.cpp b/mlir/lib/Target/Cpp/TranslateToCpp.cpp
index a5bd80e9d6b8b..ec8c03c04244f 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Target/Cpp/TranslateToCpp.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Target/Cpp/TranslateToCpp.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ static FailureOr<int> getOperatorPrecedence(Operation *operation) {
       .Case<emitc::ConstantOp>([&](auto op) { return 17; })
       .Case<emitc::DivOp>([&](auto op) { return 13; })
       .Case<emitc::LoadOp>([&](auto op) { return 16; })
+      .Case<emitc::LiteralOp>([&](auto op) { return 17; })
       .Case<emitc::LogicalAndOp>([&](auto op) { return 4; })
       .Case<emitc::LogicalNotOp>([&](auto op) { return 15; })
       .Case<emitc::LogicalOrOp>([&](auto op) { return 3; })
@@ -452,6 +453,16 @@ static LogicalResult printOperation(CppEmitter &emitter, emitc::LoadOp loadOp) {
   return emitter.emitOperand(loadOp.getOperand());
 }
 
+static LogicalResult printOperation(CppEmitter &emitter,
+                                    emitc::LiteralOp literalOp) {
+  // If literalOp is used inside an expression, we treat it as an inlined one.
+  if (emitter.isPartOfCurrentExpression(literalOp.getResult()))
+    return emitter.ostream() << literalOp.getValue(), success();
+
+  emitter.cacheDeferredOpResult(literalOp.getResult(), literalOp.getValue());
+  return success();
+}
+
 static LogicalResult printBinaryOperation(CppEmitter &emitter,
                                           Operation *operation,
                                           StringRef binaryOperator) {
@@ -1714,10 +1725,10 @@ LogicalResult CppEmitter::emitOperation(Operation &op, bool trailingSemicolon) {
                 emitc::DeclareFuncOp, emitc::DivOp, emitc::ExpressionOp,
                 emitc::FieldOp, emitc::FileOp, emitc::ForOp, emitc::FuncOp,
                 emitc::GlobalOp, emitc::IfOp, emitc::IncludeOp, emitc::LoadOp,
-                emitc::LogicalAndOp, emitc::LogicalNotOp, emitc::LogicalOrOp,
-                emitc::MulOp, emitc::RemOp, emitc::ReturnOp, emitc::SubOp,
-                emitc::SwitchOp, emitc::UnaryMinusOp, emitc::UnaryPlusOp,
-                emitc::VariableOp, emitc::VerbatimOp>(
+                emitc::LiteralOp, emitc::LogicalAndOp, emitc::LogicalNotOp,
+                emitc::LogicalOrOp, emitc::MulOp, emitc::RemOp, emitc::ReturnOp,
+                emitc::SubOp, emitc::SwitchOp, emitc::UnaryMinusOp,
+                emitc::UnaryPlusOp, emitc::VariableOp, emitc::VerbatimOp>(
 
               [&](auto op) { return printOperation(*this, op); })
           // Func ops.
@@ -1731,10 +1742,6 @@ LogicalResult CppEmitter::emitOperation(Operation &op, bool trailingSemicolon) {
             cacheDeferredOpResult(op.getResult(), op.getFieldName());
             return success();
           })
-          .Case<emitc::LiteralOp>([&](auto op) {
-            cacheDeferredOpResult(op.getResult(), op.getValue());
-            return success();
-          })
           .Case<emitc::MemberOp>([&](auto op) {
             cacheDeferredOpResult(op.getResult(), createMemberAccess(op));
             return success();
diff --git a/mlir/test/Target/Cpp/expressions.mlir b/mlir/test/Target/Cpp/expressions.mlir
index 4281f41d0b3fb..09748505d3563 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Target/Cpp/expressions.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Target/Cpp/expressions.mlir
@@ -458,3 +458,45 @@ emitc.func @expression_with_call_opaque_with_args_array(%0 : i32, %1 : i32) {
   }
   return
 }
+
+
+// CPP-DEFAULT:      bool expression_with_literal(int32_t [[VAL_1:v[0-9]+]]) {
+// CPP-DEFAULT-NEXT:   bool [[VAL_2:v[0-9]+]] = (1 + [[VAL_1]]) / 2 < 3;
+// CPP-DEFAULT-NEXT:   return [[VAL_2]];
+// CPP-DEFAULT-NEXT: }
+
+// CPP-DECLTOP:      bool expression_with_literal(int32_t [[VAL_1:v[0-9]+]]) {
+// CPP-DECLTOP-NEXT:   bool [[VAL_2:v[0-9]+]];
+// CPP-DECLTOP-NEXT:   [[VAL_2]] = (1 + [[VAL_1]]) / 2 < 3;
+// CPP-DECLTOP-NEXT:   return [[VAL_2]];
+// CPP-DECLTOP-NEXT: }
+
+func.func @expression_with_literal(%arg0 : i32) -> i1 {
+  %ret = emitc.expression %arg0 noinline : (i32) -> i1 {
+    %literal1 = emitc.literal "1" : i32
+    %literal2 = emitc.literal "2" : i32
+    %add = add %literal1, %arg0 : (i32, i32) -> i32
+    %div = div %add, %literal2 : (i32, i32) -> i32
+    %literal3 = emitc.literal "3" : i32
+    %cmp = emitc.cmp lt, %div, %literal3 : (i32, i32) -> i1
+    emitc.yield %cmp : i1
+  }
+  return %ret : i1
+}
+
+
+// CPP-DEFAULT:      int32_t single_literal_in_expression() {
+// CPP-DEFAULT-NEXT:   return 42;
+// CPP-DEFAULT-NEXT: }
+
+// CPP-DECLTOP:      int32_t single_literal_in_expression() {
+// CPP-DECLTOP-NEXT:   return 42;
+// CPP-DECLTOP-NEXT: }
+
+func.func @single_literal_in_expression() -> i32 {
+  %ret = emitc.expression : () -> i32 {
+    %literal = emitc.literal "42" : i32
+    emitc.yield %literal : i32
+  }
+  return %ret : i32
+}