diff --git a/python/torch_mlir/extras/fx_importer.py b/python/torch_mlir/extras/fx_importer.py
index ce837945f..f622a0b93 100644
--- a/python/torch_mlir/extras/fx_importer.py
+++ b/python/torch_mlir/extras/fx_importer.py
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ class InputInfo:
     input_spec: TypingInputSpec
     node: Node
     ir_type: IrType
-    mutable_producer_node_name: Optional[str]
+    mutable_producer_node_name: Optional[str] = None
+    store_producer_node: Optional[str] = None
 
 
 class FxImporterHooks:
@@ -387,6 +388,22 @@ class FxImporterHooks:
         """
         return None
 
+    def store_produced_value(
+        self,
+        gni: "GraphNodeImporter",
+        py_value: Any,
+        produced_ir_value: Any,
+        info: InputInfo,
+    ):
+        """Given a load/store semantic mutatation, issues the store.
+
+        This style is used for buffer and parameter updates, which are assumed to be
+        non-SSA updates that are otherwise in the value-tensor domain.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            f"Store of a mutation to {info} is not supported (from {produced_ir_value})"
+        )
+
 
 class FxImporter:
     """Main entry-point for importing an fx.GraphModule.
@@ -596,7 +613,11 @@ class FxImporter:
             elif input_spec.kind == InputKind.BUFFER and isinstance(
                 arg, TensorArgument
             ):
-                # Remember buffer binding.
+                # Remember buffer binding. Unlike user input mutations, buffers
+                # are assumed to be represented with load/store semantics based
+                # on a symbolic or other non-SSA association. As such, they
+                # are not modeled with mutable IR but will trigger an output
+                # store hook when the final value is produced.
                 value = prog.state_dict.get(input_spec.target)
                 assert (
                     not input_spec.persistent or value is not None
@@ -605,9 +626,7 @@ class FxImporter:
                 mutable_producer_node_name = mutable_buffer_target_producers.get(
                     input_spec.target
                 )
-                node_ir_type = self._cc.node_val_to_type(
-                    node, mutable=bool(mutable_producer_node_name)
-                )
+                node_ir_type = self._cc.node_val_to_type(node, mutable=False)
                 buffer_bindings[node] = (
                     value,
                     InputInfo(
@@ -615,7 +634,7 @@ class FxImporter:
                         input_spec,
                         node=node,
                         ir_type=node_ir_type,
-                        mutable_producer_node_name=mutable_producer_node_name,
+                        store_producer_node=mutable_producer_node_name,
                     ),
                 )
             else:
@@ -1136,17 +1155,17 @@ class GraphNodeImporter:
         self.bind_node_value(node, _on_access)
 
         if info.mutable_producer_node_name is not None:
+            raise NotImplementedError("NYI: Mutable SSA buffer updates")
+
+        if info.store_producer_node is not None:
 
             def on_produced(value: Value):
-                mutable_buffer_value = self.resolve_node_value(node)
                 with loc, InsertionPoint(self._b):
-                    Operation.create(
-                        "torch.overwrite.tensor.contents",
-                        results=[],
-                        operands=[value, mutable_buffer_value],
+                    self.fx_importer._hooks.store_produced_value(
+                        self, buffer_value, value, info
                     )
 
-            self._on_node_produced[info.mutable_producer_node_name] = on_produced
+            self._on_node_produced[info.store_producer_node] = on_produced
 
     def return_node_values(self, loc, nodes: List[Node]):
         with loc, InsertionPoint(self._b):
diff --git a/test/python/fx_importer/v2.3/mutation_import.py b/test/python/fx_importer/v2.3/mutation_import.py
index ef293b8cb..c62b12706 100644
--- a/test/python/fx_importer/v2.3/mutation_import.py
+++ b/test/python/fx_importer/v2.3/mutation_import.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from torch_mlir import fx
 
 from torch_mlir.ir import (
     Operation,
+    StringAttr,
 )
 
 
@@ -110,15 +111,24 @@ class ExternalBufferHooks(fx.FxImporterHooks):
 
     def resolve_input(self, gni, value, info):
         return Operation.create(
-            "my_dialect.import_buffer", results=[info.ir_type]
+            "my_dialect.import_buffer",
+            results=[info.ir_type],
+            attributes={"name": StringAttr.get(info.input_spec.target)},
         ).result
 
+    def store_produced_value(self, gni, py_value, produced_ir_value, info):
+        Operation.create(
+            "my_dialect.store_buffer",
+            operands=[produced_ir_value],
+            attributes={"name": StringAttr.get(info.input_spec.target)},
+        )
+
 
 @run
 # CHECK-LABEL: test_mutable_buffer
-# CHECK: %[[buffer:.+]] = "my_dialect.import_buffer"() : () -> !torch.tensor<[3,4],f32>
+# CHECK: %[[buffer:.+]] = "my_dialect.import_buffer"() {name = "buffer"} : () -> !torch.vtensor<[3,4],f32>
 # CHECK: %[[mul:.+]] = torch.aten.mul.Tensor %[[buffer]], %arg0
-# CHECK: torch.overwrite.tensor.contents %[[mul]] overwrites %[[buffer]]
+# CHECK: "my_dialect.store_buffer"(%[[mul]]) {name = "buffer"} : (!torch.vtensor<[3,4],f32>) -> ()
 # CHECK: return %arg0
 def test_mutable_buffer():
     class Basic(nn.Module):
@@ -141,9 +151,9 @@ def test_mutable_buffer():
 
 
 @run
-# CHECK-LABEL: test_mutable_buffer_not_supported_from_literal
-# CHECK: ERROR: Cannot import {{.*}} as a literal because it is mutable
-def test_mutable_buffer_not_supported_from_literal():
+# CHECK-LABEL: test_mutable_buffer_not_supported_without_hooks
+# CHECK: EXPECTED ERROR: Store of a mutation to {{.*}} is not supported
+def test_mutable_buffer_not_supported_without_hooks():
     class Basic(nn.Module):
         def __init__(self):
             super().__init__()
@@ -159,5 +169,5 @@ def test_mutable_buffer_not_supported_from_literal():
             torch.randn(3, 4),
             experimental_support_mutation=True,
         )
-    except ValueError as e:
-        print("ERROR:", e)
+    except NotImplementedError as e:
+        print("EXPECTED ERROR:", str(e))