diff --git a/packages/eslint/src/executors/lint/utility/eslint-utils.ts b/packages/eslint/src/executors/lint/utility/eslint-utils.ts
index 6011b266df..723e6799a1 100644
--- a/packages/eslint/src/executors/lint/utility/eslint-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint/src/executors/lint/utility/eslint-utils.ts
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ export async function resolveAndInstantiateESLint(
      * not be any html files in the project, so keeping it true would break linting every time
      */
     errorOnUnmatchedPattern: false,
-    reportUnusedDisableDirectives:
-      options.reportUnusedDisableDirectives || undefined,
   };
 
   if (useFlatConfig) {
@@ -69,6 +67,11 @@ export async function resolveAndInstantiateESLint(
         'For Flat Config, ESLint removed `ignorePath` and so it is not supported as an option. See https://eslint.org/docs/latest/use/configure/configuration-files-new'
       );
     }
+    if (options.reportUnusedDisableDirectives) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'For Flat Config, ESLint removed `reportedUnusedDisableDirectives` and so it is not supported as an option. See https://eslint.org/docs/latest/use/configure/configuration-files-new'
+      );
+    }
   } else {
     eslintOptions.rulePaths = options.rulesdir || [];
     eslintOptions.resolvePluginsRelativeTo =
@@ -79,6 +82,8 @@ export async function resolveAndInstantiateESLint(
      * merge the provided config with others it finds automatically.
      */
     eslintOptions.useEslintrc = !options.noEslintrc;
+    eslintOptions.reportUnusedDisableDirectives =
+      options.reportUnusedDisableDirectives || undefined;
   }
 
   const eslint = new ESLint(eslintOptions);