diff --git a/tests/autoinst_attr.v b/tests/autoinst_attr.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c0d68c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/autoinst_attr.v
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Issue #1884
+
+module top
+(
+
+  (* period=5.0 *)
+  input logic clk,
+
+  (* asynchronous=true *)
+  input logic rst_n,
+
+  (* attribute1="hello" *)
+  /*AUTOINPUT("^a_")*/
+  /*AUTOOUTPUT("^a_")*/
+
+  /*AUTOINPUT("^z_")*/
+  /*AUTOOUTPUT("^z_")*/
+
+  /*AUTOOUTPUT*/
+);
+
+  /*AUTOLOGIC*/
+
+  module_a i_module_a
+    (/*AUTOINST*/);
+
+  module_b i_module_b
+    (/*AUTOINST*/);
+
+endmodule
+
+module module_a
+(
+  input  logic        clk,
+  input  logic        rst_n,
+
+  input  logic [7:0]  a_data,
+  input  logic        a_valid,
+  output logic        a_ready,
+
+  output logic [7:0]  b_data,
+  output logic        b_valid,
+  input  logic        b_ready
+);
+endmodule
+
+module module_b
+(
+  input  logic        clk,
+  input  logic        rst_n,
+
+  input  logic [7:0]  b_data,
+  input  logic        b_valid,
+  output logic        b_ready,
+
+  output logic [7:0]  z_data,
+  output logic        z_valid,
+  input  logic        z_ready
+);
+endmodule
diff --git a/tests_ok/autoinst_attr.v b/tests_ok/autoinst_attr.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ac9f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_ok/autoinst_attr.v
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// Issue #1884
+
+module top
+  (
+   
+   (* period= 5.0 *)
+   input logic clk,
+   
+   (* asynchronous=true *)
+   input logic rst_n,
+   
+   (* attribute1="hello" *)
+   /*AUTOINPUT("^a_")*/
+   // Beginning of automatic inputs (from unused autoinst inputs)
+   input logic [7:0]    a_data,                 // To i_module_a of module_a.v
+   input logic          a_valid,                // To i_module_a of module_a.v
+   // End of automatics
+   /*AUTOOUTPUT("^a_")*/
+   // Beginning of automatic outputs (from unused autoinst outputs)
+   output logic         a_ready,                // From i_module_a of module_a.v
+   // End of automatics
+   
+   /*AUTOINPUT("^z_")*/
+   // Beginning of automatic inputs (from unused autoinst inputs)
+   input logic          z_ready,                // To i_module_b of module_b.v
+   // End of automatics
+   /*AUTOOUTPUT("^z_")*/
+   // Beginning of automatic outputs (from unused autoinst outputs)
+   output logic [7:0]   z_data,                 // From i_module_b of module_b.v
+   output logic         z_valid         // From i_module_b of module_b.v
+   // End of automatics
+   
+   /*AUTOOUTPUT*/
+   );
+   
+   /*AUTOLOGIC*/
+   // Beginning of automatic wires (for undeclared instantiated-module outputs)
+   logic [7:0] b_data;  // From i_module_a of module_a.v
+   logic       b_ready; // From i_module_b of module_b.v
+   logic       b_valid; // From i_module_a of module_a.v
+   // End of automatics
+   
+   module_a i_module_a
+     (/*AUTOINST*/
+      // Outputs
+      .a_ready                          (a_ready),
+      .b_data                           (b_data[7:0]),
+      .b_valid                          (b_valid),
+      // Inputs
+      .clk                              (clk),
+      .rst_n                            (rst_n),
+      .a_data                           (a_data[7:0]),
+      .a_valid                          (a_valid),
+      .b_ready                          (b_ready));
+   
+   module_b i_module_b
+     (/*AUTOINST*/
+      // Outputs
+      .b_ready                          (b_ready),
+      .z_data                           (z_data[7:0]),
+      .z_valid                          (z_valid),
+      // Inputs
+      .clk                              (clk),
+      .rst_n                            (rst_n),
+      .b_data                           (b_data[7:0]),
+      .b_valid                          (b_valid),
+      .z_ready                          (z_ready));
+   
+endmodule
+
+module module_a
+  (
+   input logic        clk,
+   input logic        rst_n,
+   
+   input logic [7:0]  a_data,
+   input logic        a_valid,
+   output logic       a_ready,
+   
+   output logic [7:0] b_data,
+   output logic       b_valid,
+   input logic        b_ready
+   );
+endmodule
+
+module module_b
+  (
+   input logic        clk,
+   input logic        rst_n,
+   
+   input logic [7:0]  b_data,
+   input logic        b_valid,
+   output logic       b_ready,
+   
+   output logic [7:0] z_data,
+   output logic       z_valid,
+   input logic        z_ready
+   );
+endmodule
diff --git a/verilog-mode.el b/verilog-mode.el
index 0bb093e..95bb1e4 100644
--- a/verilog-mode.el
+++ b/verilog-mode.el
@@ -11380,6 +11380,9 @@ Presumes that any newlines end a list element."
     (when (and (not (save-excursion  ; Not beginning (, or existing ,
 		      (backward-char 1)
 		      (looking-at "[(,]")))
+               (not (save-excursion  ; Not attribute *)
+		      (backward-char 2)
+		      (looking-at "\\*)")))
                (not (save-excursion  ; Not `endif, or user define
 		      (backward-char 1)
 		      (skip-chars-backward "a-zA-Z0-9_`")