diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/DialectImplementation.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/DialectImplementation.h
index c478b200b5d91a..ba6f9df3f1de11 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/DialectImplementation.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/DialectImplementation.h
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class DialectAsmParser {
 
     // Parse any kind of attribute.
     Attribute attr;
-    if (parseAttribute(attr))
+    if (parseAttribute(attr, type))
       return failure();
 
     // Check for the right kind of attribute.