diff --git a/external/llvm-project b/external/llvm-project
index 4f5355ee7..164410324 160000
--- a/external/llvm-project
+++ b/external/llvm-project
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4f5355ee73626f8b8fe6bf0dd6d167fea7628a2c
+Subproject commit 164410324d8bf3b5a99e39f7dfe3c6d6972dab30
diff --git a/lib/RefBackend/RefBackend.cpp b/lib/RefBackend/RefBackend.cpp
index cbeaa5967..658414e32 100644
--- a/lib/RefBackend/RefBackend.cpp
+++ b/lib/RefBackend/RefBackend.cpp
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ void mlir::NPCOMP::createRefBackendLoweringPipeline(
   pm.addNestedPass<FuncOp>(createSCFBufferizePass());
   pm.addNestedPass<FuncOp>(createLinalgBufferizePass());
   pm.addPass(createFuncBufferizePass());
+  pm.addNestedPass<FuncOp>(createFinalizingBufferizePass());
 
   // TODO: Do buffer deallocation. We should be able to just drop in the
   // upstream pass?