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