diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/AMDGPU/IR/AMDGPU.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/AMDGPU/IR/AMDGPU.td
index 8a1ef94c853a5..64db4448bc2f2 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/AMDGPU/IR/AMDGPU.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/AMDGPU/IR/AMDGPU.td
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ def AMDGPU_RawBufferAtomicCmpswapOp :
 // Raw buffer atomic floating point add
 def AMDGPU_RawBufferAtomicFaddOp :
     AMDGPU_Op<"raw_buffer_atomic_fadd", [AllElementTypesMatch<["value", "memref"]>,
-      AttrSizedOperandSegments]>,
-    Arguments<(ins F32:$value,
+    AttrSizedOperandSegments]>,
+    Arguments<(ins AnyTypeOf<[F32, VectorOfLengthAndType<[2], [F16]>]>:$value,
                    Arg<AnyMemRef, "buffer to operate on", [MemRead, MemWrite]>:$memref,
                    Variadic<I32>:$indices,
                    DefaultValuedAttr<BoolAttr, "true">:$boundsCheck,
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/AMDGPUToROCDL/AMDGPUToROCDL.cpp b/mlir/lib/Conversion/AMDGPUToROCDL/AMDGPUToROCDL.cpp
index 96b433294d258..fc5dd7c560212 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/AMDGPUToROCDL/AMDGPUToROCDL.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/AMDGPUToROCDL/AMDGPUToROCDL.cpp
@@ -115,15 +115,18 @@ struct RawBufferOpLowering : public ConvertOpToLLVMPattern<GpuOp> {
             rewriter.getIntegerType(floatType.getWidth()));
     }
     if (auto dataVector = dyn_cast<VectorType>(wantedDataType)) {
+      uint32_t vecLen = dataVector.getNumElements();
       uint32_t elemBits = dataVector.getElementTypeBitWidth();
-      uint32_t totalBits = elemBits * dataVector.getNumElements();
+      uint32_t totalBits = elemBits * vecLen;
+      bool usePackedFp16 =
+          dyn_cast_or_null<RawBufferAtomicFaddOp>(*gpuOp) && vecLen == 2;
       if (totalBits > maxVectorOpWidth)
         return gpuOp.emitOpError(
             "Total width of loads or stores must be no more than " +
             Twine(maxVectorOpWidth) + " bits, but we call for " +
             Twine(totalBits) +
             " bits. This should've been caught in validation");
-      if (elemBits < 32) {
+      else if (!usePackedFp16 && elemBits < 32) {
         if (totalBits > 32) {
           if (totalBits % 32 != 0)
             return gpuOp.emitOpError("Load or store of more than 32-bits that "
diff --git a/mlir/test/Conversion/AMDGPUToROCDL/amdgpu-to-rocdl.mlir b/mlir/test/Conversion/AMDGPUToROCDL/amdgpu-to-rocdl.mlir
index 717667c22af80..cc51a8c40942f 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Conversion/AMDGPUToROCDL/amdgpu-to-rocdl.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Conversion/AMDGPUToROCDL/amdgpu-to-rocdl.mlir
@@ -151,6 +151,17 @@ func.func @gpu_gcn_raw_buffer_atomic_fadd_f32(%value: f32, %buf: memref<64xf32>,
   func.return
 }
 
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @gpu_gcn_raw_buffer_atomic_fadd_v2f16
+func.func @gpu_gcn_raw_buffer_atomic_fadd_v2f16(%value: vector<2xf16>, %buf: memref<64xf16>, %idx: i32) {
+  // CHECK: %[[numRecords:.*]] = llvm.mlir.constant(128 : i32)
+  // GFX9:  %[[flags:.*]] = llvm.mlir.constant(159744 : i32)
+  // RDNA:  %[[flags:.*]] = llvm.mlir.constant(822243328 : i32)
+  // CHECK: %[[resource:.*]] = rocdl.make.buffer.rsrc %{{.*}}, %{{.*}}, %[[numRecords]], %[[flags]]
+  // CHECK: rocdl.raw.ptr.buffer.atomic.fadd %{{.*}}, %[[resource]], %{{.*}}, %{{.*}}, %{{.*}} : vector<2xf16>
+  amdgpu.raw_buffer_atomic_fadd {boundsCheck = true} %value -> %buf[%idx] : vector<2xf16> -> memref<64xf16>, i32
+  func.return
+}
+
 // CHECK-LABEL: func @gpu_gcn_raw_buffer_atomic_fmax_f32
 func.func @gpu_gcn_raw_buffer_atomic_fmax_f32(%value: f32, %buf: memref<64xf32>, %idx: i32) {
   // CHECK: %[[numRecords:.*]] = llvm.mlir.constant(256 : i32)