diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/dri_util.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/dri_util.c
index f9b2a73b256..91ae186fe4b 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/dri_util.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/dri_util.c
@@ -197,12 +197,6 @@ dri2CreateContextAttribs(__DRIscreen *screen, int api,
 	return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (mesa_api != API_OPENGL && num_attribs != 0) {
-	*error = __DRI_CTX_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ATTRIBUTE;
-	assert(!"Should not get here.");
-	return NULL;
-    }
-
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < num_attribs; i++) {
 	switch (attribs[i * 2]) {
 	case __DRI_CTX_ATTRIB_MAJOR_VERSION:
@@ -224,6 +218,23 @@ dri2CreateContextAttribs(__DRIscreen *screen, int api,
 	}
     }
 
+    /* The EGL_KHR_create_context spec says:
+     *
+     *     "Flags are only defined for OpenGL context creation, and specifying
+     *     a flags value other than zero for other types of contexts,
+     *     including OpenGL ES contexts, will generate an error."
+     *
+     * The GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile specification doesn't say
+     * anything specific about this case.  However, none of the known flags
+     * have any meaning in an ES context, so this seems safe.
+     */
+    if (mesa_api != __DRI_API_OPENGL
+        && mesa_api != __DRI_API_OPENGL_CORE
+        && flags != 0) {
+	*error = __DRI_CTX_ERROR_BAD_FLAG;
+	return NULL;
+    }
+
     /* There are no forward-compatible contexts before OpenGL 3.0.  The
      * GLX_ARB_create_context spec says:
      *