diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/SCFToGPU/SCFToGPU.cpp b/mlir/lib/Conversion/SCFToGPU/SCFToGPU.cpp
index 7d0a236b6f69a..76a822b05a652 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/SCFToGPU/SCFToGPU.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/SCFToGPU/SCFToGPU.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "mlir/Conversion/SCFToGPU/SCFToGPU.h"
 
+#include "mlir/Analysis/AliasAnalysis/LocalAliasAnalysis.h"
 #include "mlir/Conversion/AffineToStandard/AffineToStandard.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Affine/IR/AffineOps.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Arith/IR/Arith.h"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "mlir/Interfaces/SideEffectInterfaces.h"
 #include "mlir/Transforms/DialectConversion.h"
 #include "mlir/Transforms/RegionUtils.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/DenseSet.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/DebugLog.h"
 #include <optional>
 
@@ -625,18 +627,49 @@ ParallelToGpuLaunchLowering::matchAndRewrite(ParallelOp parallelOp,
   bool seenSideeffects = false;
   // Whether we have left a nesting scope (and hence are no longer innermost).
   bool leftNestingScope = false;
+  LocalAliasAnalysis aliasAnalysis;
+  llvm::DenseSet<Value> writtenBuffer;
   while (!worklist.empty()) {
     Operation *op = worklist.pop_back_val();
     // Now walk over the body and clone it.
     // TODO: This is only correct if there either is no further scf.parallel
-    //       nested or this code is side-effect free. Otherwise we might need
-    //       predication. We are overly conservative for now and only allow
-    //       side-effects in the innermost scope.
+    //       nested or this code has side-effect but the memory buffer is not
+    //       alias to inner loop access buffer. Otherwise we might need
+    //       predication.
     if (auto nestedParallel = dyn_cast<ParallelOp>(op)) {
       // Before entering a nested scope, make sure there have been no
-      // sideeffects until now.
-      if (seenSideeffects)
-        return failure();
+      // sideeffects until now or the nested operations do not access the
+      // buffer written by outer scope.
+      if (seenSideeffects) {
+        WalkResult walkRes = nestedParallel.walk([&](Operation *nestedOp) {
+          if (isMemoryEffectFree(nestedOp))
+            return WalkResult::advance();
+
+          auto memEffectInterface = dyn_cast<MemoryEffectOpInterface>(nestedOp);
+          if (!memEffectInterface)
+            return WalkResult::advance();
+
+          SmallVector<MemoryEffects::EffectInstance> effects;
+          memEffectInterface.getEffects(effects);
+          for (const MemoryEffects::EffectInstance &effect : effects) {
+            if (isa<MemoryEffects::Read>(effect.getEffect()) ||
+                isa<MemoryEffects::Write>(effect.getEffect())) {
+              Value baseBuffer = effect.getValue();
+              if (!baseBuffer)
+                return WalkResult::interrupt();
+              for (Value val : writtenBuffer) {
+                if (aliasAnalysis.alias(baseBuffer, val) !=
+                    AliasResult::NoAlias) {
+                  return WalkResult::interrupt();
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          return WalkResult::advance();
+        });
+        if (walkRes.wasInterrupted())
+          return failure();
+      }
       // A nested scf.parallel needs insertion of code to compute indices.
       // Insert that now. This will also update the worklist with the loops
       // body.
@@ -650,6 +683,7 @@ ParallelToGpuLaunchLowering::matchAndRewrite(ParallelOp parallelOp,
       rewriter.setInsertionPointAfter(parent);
       leftNestingScope = true;
       seenSideeffects = false;
+      writtenBuffer.clear();
     } else if (auto reduceOp = dyn_cast<scf::ReduceOp>(op)) {
       // Convert scf.reduction op
       auto parentLoop = op->getParentOfType<ParallelOp>();
@@ -682,6 +716,24 @@ ParallelToGpuLaunchLowering::matchAndRewrite(ParallelOp parallelOp,
       Operation *clone = rewriter.clone(*op, cloningMap);
       cloningMap.map(op->getResults(), clone->getResults());
       // Check for side effects.
+      if (!isMemoryEffectFree(clone)) {
+        // Record the buffer accessed by the operations with write effects.
+        if (auto memEffectInterface =
+                dyn_cast<MemoryEffectOpInterface>(clone)) {
+          SmallVector<MemoryEffects::EffectInstance> effects;
+          memEffectInterface.getEffects(effects);
+          for (const MemoryEffects::EffectInstance &effect : effects) {
+            if (isa<MemoryEffects::Write>(effect.getEffect())) {
+              Value writtenBase = effect.getValue();
+              // Conservatively return failure if we cannot find the written
+              // address.
+              if (!writtenBase)
+                return failure();
+              writtenBuffer.insert(writtenBase);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
       // TODO: Handle region side effects properly.
       seenSideeffects |=
           !isMemoryEffectFree(clone) || clone->getNumRegions() != 0;
diff --git a/mlir/test/Conversion/SCFToGPU/parallel_loop.mlir b/mlir/test/Conversion/SCFToGPU/parallel_loop.mlir
index 1dbce05be85b4..26f5a3e1f0ac0 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Conversion/SCFToGPU/parallel_loop.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Conversion/SCFToGPU/parallel_loop.mlir
@@ -641,3 +641,35 @@ func.func @parallel_reduction_1d_outside() {
 // CHECK: scf.parallel
 // CHECK-NEXT: scf.parallel
 // CHECK: scf.reduce
+
+// -----
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: @nested_parallel_with_side_effect
+func.func @nested_parallel_with_side_effect() {
+  %c65536 = arith.constant 65536 : index
+  %c2 = arith.constant 2 : index
+  %c256 = arith.constant 256 : index
+  %c0 = arith.constant 0 : index
+  %c4 = arith.constant 4 : index
+  %c1 = arith.constant 1 : index
+  %alloc_0 = memref.alloc() : memref<2x256x256xf32>
+  %alloc_1 = memref.alloc() : memref<2x4x256x256xf32>
+  %alloc_2 = memref.alloc() : memref<4x4xf32>
+  %alloc_3 = memref.alloc() : memref<4x4xf32>
+  scf.parallel (%arg2, %arg3, %arg4) = (%c0, %c0, %c0) to (%c2, %c4, %c65536) step (%c1, %c1, %c1) {
+    %1 = arith.remsi %arg4, %c256 : index
+    %2 = arith.divsi %arg4, %c256 : index
+    %4 = memref.load %alloc_0[%arg2, %2, %1] : memref<2x256x256xf32>
+    memref.store %4, %alloc_1[%arg2, %arg3, %2, %1] : memref<2x4x256x256xf32>
+    scf.parallel (%arg5) = (%c0) to (%c4) step (%c1) {
+      %5 = memref.load %alloc_2[%arg5, %c0] : memref<4x4xf32>
+      memref.store %5, %alloc_3[%arg5, %c0] : memref<4x4xf32>
+      scf.reduce
+    } {mapping = [#gpu.loop_dim_map<processor = thread_x, map = (d0) -> (d0), bound = (d0) -> (d0)>]}
+    scf.reduce
+  } {mapping = [#gpu.loop_dim_map<processor = block_z, map = (d0) -> (d0), bound = (d0) -> (d0)>, #gpu.loop_dim_map<processor = block_y, map = (d0) -> (d0), bound = (d0) -> (d0)>, #gpu.loop_dim_map<processor = block_x, map = (d0) -> (d0), bound = (d0) -> (d0)>]}
+  return
+}
+
+// CHECK: gpu.launch
+// CHECK-NOT: scf.parallel