diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
index 86afa956398ae..05c000bfd8ca0 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
@@ -2587,6 +2587,8 @@ class PyOpAttributeMap {
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 void mlir::python::populateIRCore(nb::module_ &m) {
+  // disable leak warnings which tend to be false positives.
+  nb::set_leak_warnings(false);
   //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Enums.
   //----------------------------------------------------------------------------