diff --git a/src/gui/rhi/qrhigles2.cpp b/src/gui/rhi/qrhigles2.cpp
index 666395437a5..d0a0c0a870d 100644
--- a/src/gui/rhi/qrhigles2.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rhi/qrhigles2.cpp
@@ -956,7 +956,8 @@ bool QRhiGles2::create(QRhi::Flags flags)
 
     if (!caps.gles) {
         f->glEnable(GL_VERTEX_PROGRAM_POINT_SIZE);
-        f->glEnable(GL_POINT_SPRITE);
+        if (!caps.coreProfile)
+            f->glEnable(GL_POINT_SPRITE);
     } // else (with gles) these are always on
 
     // Match D3D and others when it comes to seamless cubemap filtering.