diff --git a/compiler/plugins/target/AMD-AIE/iree-amd-aie/Transforms/AMDAIEFuseFillIntoForall.cpp b/compiler/plugins/target/AMD-AIE/iree-amd-aie/Transforms/AMDAIEFuseFillIntoForall.cpp
index 71e416021..ff0e5dec0 100644
--- a/compiler/plugins/target/AMD-AIE/iree-amd-aie/Transforms/AMDAIEFuseFillIntoForall.cpp
+++ b/compiler/plugins/target/AMD-AIE/iree-amd-aie/Transforms/AMDAIEFuseFillIntoForall.cpp
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ void AMDAIEFuseFillIntoForallPass::runOnOperation() {
   // fill at the beginning of the forall body.
   assert(!extractSliceOp);
   rewriter.setInsertionPointToStart(forallOp.getBody());
-  Value scalar = fillOp.value();
-  Location loc = fillOp.getLoc();
-  auto fusedFill = rewriter.create<linalg::FillOp>(loc, scalar, bbArg);
+  auto fusedFill = rewriter.create<linalg::FillOp>(fillOp.getLoc(), fillOp.value(), bbArg);
   rewriter.replaceUsesWithIf(
       bbArg, fusedFill.getResult(0), [&](OpOperand &operand) {
         Operation *owner = operand.getOwner();