diff --git a/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/api/transfer.cpp b/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/api/transfer.cpp
index 07d8a7307f2..b8d7771e62a 100644
--- a/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/api/transfer.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/api/transfer.cpp
@@ -167,6 +167,16 @@ namespace {
       }
    }
 
+   ///
+   /// Checks that the mapping flags are correct.
+   ///
+   void
+   validate_flags(const cl_map_flags flags) {
+      if ((flags & (CL_MAP_WRITE | CL_MAP_READ)) &&
+          (flags & CL_MAP_WRITE_INVALIDATE_REGION))
+         throw error(CL_INVALID_VALUE);
+   }
+
    ///
    /// Class that encapsulates the task of mapping an object of type
    /// \a T.  The return value of get() should be implicitly
@@ -629,6 +639,7 @@ clEnqueueMapBuffer(cl_command_queue d_q, cl_mem d_mem, cl_bool blocking,
 
    validate_common(q, deps);
    validate_object(q, mem, obj_origin, obj_pitch, region);
+   validate_flags(flags);
 
    void *map = mem.resource(q).add_map(q, flags, blocking, obj_origin, region);
 
@@ -656,6 +667,7 @@ clEnqueueMapImage(cl_command_queue d_q, cl_mem d_mem, cl_bool blocking,
 
    validate_common(q, deps);
    validate_object(q, img, origin, region);
+   validate_flags(flags);
 
    void *map = img.resource(q).add_map(q, flags, blocking, origin, region);
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/resource.cpp b/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/resource.cpp
index 7b8a40a7ea6..bcf87e15480 100644
--- a/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/resource.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/resource.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ mapping::mapping(command_queue &q, resource &r,
    pctx(q.pipe) {
    unsigned usage = ((flags & CL_MAP_WRITE ? PIPE_TRANSFER_WRITE : 0 ) |
                      (flags & CL_MAP_READ ? PIPE_TRANSFER_READ : 0 ) |
+                     (flags & CL_MAP_WRITE_INVALIDATE_REGION ?
+                      PIPE_TRANSFER_DISCARD_RANGE : 0) |
                      (!blocking ? PIPE_TRANSFER_UNSYNCHRONIZED : 0));
 
    p = pctx->transfer_map(pctx, r.pipe, 0, usage,