diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Pass/PassManager.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Pass/PassManager.h
index c770177c517be..3117d0f33dc6b 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Pass/PassManager.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Pass/PassManager.h
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ class PassManager : public OpPassManager {
   /// Disable support for multi-threading within the pass manager.
   void disableMultithreading(bool disable = true);
 
+  /// Return true if the pass manager is configured with multi-threading
+  /// enabled.
+  bool isMultithreadingEnabled();
+
   /// Enable support for the pass manager to generate a reproducer on the event
   /// of a crash or a pass failure. `outputFile` is a .mlir filename used to
   /// write the generated reproducer.
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Pass/IRPrinting.cpp b/mlir/lib/Pass/IRPrinting.cpp
index 0374b00cbe4db..b1792c4976200 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Pass/IRPrinting.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Pass/IRPrinting.cpp
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ struct BasicIRPrinterConfig : public PassManager::IRPrinterConfig {
 /// Add an instrumentation to print the IR before and after pass execution,
 /// using the provided configuration.
 void PassManager::enableIRPrinting(std::unique_ptr<IRPrinterConfig> config) {
+  if (config->shouldPrintAtModuleScope() && isMultithreadingEnabled())
+    llvm::report_fatal_error("IR printing can't be setup on a pass-manager "
+                             "without disabling multi-threading first.");
   addInstrumentation(
       std::make_unique<IRPrinterInstrumentation>(std::move(config)));
 }
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Pass/Pass.cpp b/mlir/lib/Pass/Pass.cpp
index 41adb623e74d6..68be02e7eb1c8 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Pass/Pass.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Pass/Pass.cpp
@@ -598,6 +598,10 @@ void PassManager::disableMultithreading(bool disable) {
   getImpl().disableThreads = disable;
 }
 
+bool PassManager::isMultithreadingEnabled() {
+  return !getImpl().disableThreads;
+}
+
 /// Enable support for the pass manager to generate a reproducer on the event
 /// of a crash or a pass failure. `outputFile` is a .mlir filename used to write
 /// the generated reproducer.