diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/mlir_hlo/mhlo/transforms/hlo_legalize_to_lhlo/hlo_legalize_to_lhlo.cc b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/mlir_hlo/mhlo/transforms/hlo_legalize_to_lhlo/hlo_legalize_to_lhlo.cc
index 8693ff5fead..7145935ca9d 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/xla/mlir_hlo/mhlo/transforms/hlo_legalize_to_lhlo/hlo_legalize_to_lhlo.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/xla/mlir_hlo/mhlo/transforms/hlo_legalize_to_lhlo/hlo_legalize_to_lhlo.cc
@@ -350,6 +350,57 @@ struct HloToLhloReturnOpConverter : public BaseOpConversion<mhlo::ReturnOp> {
   }
 };
 
+// Legalize mhlo.scatter to a lmhlo.scatter
+struct HloToLhloScatterOpConverter : public BaseOpConversion<mhlo::ScatterOp> {
+  using BaseOpConversion<mhlo::ScatterOp>::BaseOpConversion;
+
+  LogicalResult matchAndRewrite(
+      mhlo::ScatterOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+      ConversionPatternRewriter& rewriter) const final {
+
+    auto loc = op->getLoc();
+    if (!llvm::hasSingleElement(op.getUpdateComputation())) {
+      return op->emitOpError()
+             << "tensor to buffer conversion expects a single block "
+                "in the region containing the operation";
+    }
+
+    SmallVector<Value, 4> bufferArgs(adaptor.getOperands());
+    if (failed(convertResults(op, bufferArgs, rewriter))) return failure();
+    auto newOp = rewriter.create<mhlo::HloToLhloOp<ScatterOp>>(
+        loc, std::nullopt, bufferArgs, op->getAttrs());
+
+    // Copy over the operations inside the region.
+    rewriter.inlineRegionBefore(op.getUpdateComputation(), newOp.getUpdateComputation(),
+                                newOp.getUpdateComputation().end());
+
+    // Convert the region signature to memref and add extra result.
+    auto& entryBlock = newOp.getUpdateComputation().front();
+    TypeConverter::SignatureConversion sigConversion(
+        adaptor.getOperands().size());
+    for (auto arg : entryBlock.getArguments()) {
+      auto oldType = arg.getType().template cast<TensorType>();
+      auto newType =
+          MemRefType::get(oldType.getShape(), oldType.getElementType());
+      sigConversion.addInputs(arg.getArgNumber(), newType);
+    }
+    
+    auto returnOp = cast<mhlo::ReturnOp>(entryBlock.getTerminator());
+    for (auto result : returnOp.getResults()) {
+      auto resultType = result.getType().template cast<TensorType>();
+      sigConversion.addInputs({MemRefType::get(resultType.getShape(),
+                                                resultType.getElementType())});
+    
+    }
+    rewriter.applySignatureConversion(&newOp.getUpdateComputation(), sigConversion);
+
+    rewriter.replaceOp(
+        op, bufferArgs[adaptor.getOperands().size()]);
+    
+    return success();
+  }
+};
+
 // Lowers from HLO dialect to LHLO dialect allocating/deallocating temporary
 // buffers if necessary.
 //
@@ -579,7 +630,8 @@ void populateHloToLhloConversionPattern(
       HloToLhloOpConverter<mhlo::DynamicUpdateSliceOp>,
       HloToLhloReduceLikeOpConverter<mhlo::ReduceOp>,
       HloToLhloReduceLikeOpConverter<mhlo::ReduceWindowOp>,
-      HloToLhloReturnOpConverter
+      HloToLhloReturnOpConverter,
+      HloToLhloScatterOpConverter
   >(*converter, context);
   // clang-format on
 }