diff --git a/flax/linen/attention.py b/flax/linen/attention.py
index b7e9de6c77..6e91be996d 100644
--- a/flax/linen/attention.py
+++ b/flax/linen/attention.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import functools
+import inspect
 import warnings
 from typing import Any, Callable, Optional, Union, overload
 
@@ -574,33 +575,28 @@ def __call__(
       m_deterministic = True
 
     # apply attention
+    attn_args = (query, key, value)
+    # This kwargs list match the default nn.dot_product_attention.
+    # For custom `attention_fn`s, invalid kwargs will be filtered.
+    attn_kwargs = dict(
+      mask=mask,
+      dropout_rng=dropout_rng,
+      dropout_rate=self.dropout_rate,
+      broadcast_dropout=self.broadcast_dropout,
+      deterministic=m_deterministic,
+      dtype=self.dtype,
+      precision=self.precision,
+      force_fp32_for_softmax=self.force_fp32_for_softmax,
+    )
+    attn_kwargs = {
+        k: v
+        for k, v in attn_kwargs.items()
+        if k in inspect.signature(self.attention_fn).parameters
+    }
     if sow_weights:
-      x = self.attention_fn(
-        query,
-        key,
-        value,
-        mask=mask,
-        dropout_rng=dropout_rng,
-        dropout_rate=self.dropout_rate,
-        broadcast_dropout=self.broadcast_dropout,
-        deterministic=m_deterministic,
-        dtype=self.dtype,
-        precision=self.precision,
-        module=self,
-      )  # pytype: disable=wrong-keyword-args
+      x = self.attention_fn(*attn_args, **attn_kwargs, module=self)
     else:
-      x = self.attention_fn(
-        query,
-        key,
-        value,
-        mask=mask,
-        dropout_rng=dropout_rng,
-        dropout_rate=self.dropout_rate,
-        broadcast_dropout=self.broadcast_dropout,
-        deterministic=m_deterministic,
-        dtype=self.dtype,
-        precision=self.precision,
-      )
+      x = self.attention_fn(*attn_args, **attn_kwargs)
     # back to the original inputs dimensions
     out = DenseGeneral(
       features=features,
diff --git a/tests/linen/linen_attention_test.py b/tests/linen/linen_attention_test.py
index 7dd078783c..e7d69a43fa 100644
--- a/tests/linen/linen_attention_test.py
+++ b/tests/linen/linen_attention_test.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 """Tests for flax.linen.attention."""
 
-import functools
 from absl.testing import absltest, parameterized
 from flax import errors, jax_utils
 from flax import linen as nn
@@ -565,9 +564,7 @@ def test_mixed_precision_multihead_attention(
         qkv_features=4,
         kernel_init=initializers.lecun_normal(),
         bias_init=initializers.uniform(),
-        attention_fn=functools.partial(
-            nn.dot_product_attention, force_fp32_for_softmax=force_fp32
-        ),
+        force_fp32_for_softmax=force_fp32,
         deterministic=False,
         dtype=jnp.bfloat16,
     )