if (!quantDenseAttr) {
    return nullptr;
  }

  // Cast from an expressed-type-based type to storage-type-based type,
  // preserving the sparse shape (i.e. tensor<4xf32> -> tensor<4xi8>).
  ShapedType newSparseType = mlir::dyn_cast_or_null<ShapedType>(
      quantizedElementType.castExpressedToStorageType(
          realSparseAttr.getType()));
  if (!newSparseType) {
    return nullptr;