diff --git a/network/VerilogNamespace.cc b/network/VerilogNamespace.cc
index 94cc2f3f..3b0d12e2 100644
--- a/network/VerilogNamespace.cc
+++ b/network/VerilogNamespace.cc
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ portVerilogName(const char *sta_name)
   return staToVerilog2(sta_name);
 }
 
+//Unescaping logic should follow reverse of verilogToSta logic
 static string
 staToVerilog(const char *sta_name)
 {
@@ -88,15 +89,14 @@ staToVerilog(const char *sta_name)
   for (const char *s = sta_name; *s ; s++) {
     char ch = s[0];
     if (ch == verilog_escape) {
+      escaped = true;
       char next_ch = s[1];
       if (next_ch == verilog_escape) {
-	escaped_name += ch;
+        //Only keep the character after "\"
+        //to remove the escape added by verilogToSta"
 	escaped_name += next_ch;
 	s++;
       }
-      else
-	// Skip escape.
-	escaped = true;
     }
     else {
       if ((!(isalnum(ch) || ch == '_')))
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ staToVerilog(const char *sta_name)
     return string(sta_name);
 }
 
+//Unescaping logic should follow reverse of verilogToSta logic
+//For "\\" handling, this should be like staToVerilog
 static string
 staToVerilog2(const char *sta_name)
 {
@@ -126,15 +128,12 @@ staToVerilog2(const char *sta_name)
   for (const char *s = sta_name; *s ; s++) {
     char ch = s[0];
     if (ch == verilog_escape) {
+      escaped = true;
       char next_ch = s[1];
       if (next_ch == verilog_escape) {
-	escaped_name += ch;
 	escaped_name += next_ch;
 	s++;
       }
-      else
-	// Skip escape.
-	escaped = true;
     }
     else {
       bool is_brkt = (ch == bus_brkt_left || ch == bus_brkt_right);
diff --git a/test/test_write_verilog_escape.tcl b/test/test_write_verilog_escape.tcl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a4d684d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_write_verilog_escape.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Check if "h1\x" and \Y[2:1] are correctly processed from input to output of Verilog
+
+
+read_liberty gf180mcu_sram.lib.gz
+read_liberty asap7_small.lib.gz
+
+read_verilog test_write_verilog_escape.v
+
+link_design multi_sink
+
+write_verilog test_write_verilog_escape_out.v
diff --git a/test/test_write_verilog_escape.v b/test/test_write_verilog_escape.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6340d9b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_write_verilog_escape.v
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+module \multi_sink (clk);
+ input clk;
+ wire \alu_adder_result_ex[0] ;
+ \hier_block \h1\x (.childclk(clk),  .\Y[2:1] ({ \alu_adder_result_ex[0] , \alu_adder_result_ex[0]  }) );
+endmodule // multi_sink
+
+module \hier_block (childclk, \Y[2:1] );
+   input childclk; 
+   output [1:0] \Y[2:1] ;
+   wire [1:0] \Y[2:1] ;
+   BUFx2_ASAP7_75t_R \ff0/name (.A(childclk));
+endmodule // hier_block1
+
diff --git a/verilog/VerilogWriter.cc b/verilog/VerilogWriter.cc
index dd856d7b..7bd3390f 100644
--- a/verilog/VerilogWriter.cc
+++ b/verilog/VerilogWriter.cc
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ VerilogWriter::writeInstBusPin(const Instance *inst,
   if (!first_port)
     fprintf(stream_, ",\n    ");
 
-  fprintf(stream_, ".%s({", network_->name(port));
+  string port_vname = portVerilogName(network_->name(port)); 
+  fprintf(stream_, ".%s({", port_vname.c_str());
   first_port = false;
   bool first_member = true;