diff --git a/src/mesa/vbo/vbo_exec_array.c b/src/mesa/vbo/vbo_exec_array.c
index dcaaefc2213..9cefe74dd8d 100644
--- a/src/mesa/vbo/vbo_exec_array.c
+++ b/src/mesa/vbo/vbo_exec_array.c
@@ -854,11 +854,7 @@ vbo_exec_DrawRangeElementsBaseVertex(GLenum mode,
                        start, end, basevertex, count, type, indices,
                        ctx->Array.ArrayObj->_MaxElement - 1);
       }
-
-      /* Just do an ordinary glDrawElementsBaseVertex(). */
-      vbo_validated_drawrangeelements(ctx, mode, GL_FALSE, 0, ~0,
-                                      count, type, indices, basevertex, 1);
-      return;
+      index_bounds_valid = GL_FALSE;
    }
 
    /* NOTE: It's important that 'end' is a reasonable value.