diff --git a/src/mesa/main/points.c b/src/mesa/main/points.c
index cb6ac3922e0..eeb1b44339c 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/points.c
+++ b/src/mesa/main/points.c
@@ -190,12 +190,11 @@ _mesa_PointParameterfv( GLenum pname, const GLfloat *params)
          }
          break;
       case GL_POINT_SPRITE_COORD_ORIGIN:
-	 /* This is not completely correct.  GL_POINT_SPRITE_COORD_ORIGIN was
-	  * added to point sprites when the extension was merged into OpenGL
-	  * 2.0.  It is expected that an implementation supporting OpenGL 1.4
-	  * and GL_ARB_point_sprite will generate an error here.
+	 /* GL_POINT_SPRITE_COORD_ORIGIN was added to point sprites when the
+	  * extension was merged into OpenGL 2.0.
 	  */
-         if (ctx->Extensions.ARB_point_sprite) {
+         if ((ctx->API == API_OPENGL && ctx->Version >= 20)
+             || ctx->API == API_OPENGL_CORE) {
             GLenum value = (GLenum) params[0];
             if (value != GL_LOWER_LEFT && value != GL_UPPER_LEFT) {
                _mesa_error(ctx, GL_INVALID_VALUE,