diff --git a/network/VerilogNamespace.cc b/network/VerilogNamespace.cc
index 5a1dc8e0..f4bdea9a 100644
--- a/network/VerilogNamespace.cc
+++ b/network/VerilogNamespace.cc
@@ -88,15 +88,12 @@ 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;
         escaped_name += next_ch;
         s++;
       }
-      else
-        // Skip escape.
-        escaped = true;
     }
     else {
       if ((!(isalnum(ch) || ch == '_')))
@@ -126,15 +123,12 @@ 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/regression_vars.tcl b/test/regression_vars.tcl
index c1ed29ea..ab1f6c62 100644
--- a/test/regression_vars.tcl
+++ b/test/regression_vars.tcl
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ record_public_tests {
   suppress_msg
   verilog_attribute
   verilog_specify
+  verilog_write_escape
 }
 
 define_test_group fast [group_tests all]
diff --git a/test/verilog_write_escape.ok b/test/verilog_write_escape.ok
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4906a851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/verilog_write_escape.ok
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+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
+module hier_block (childclk,
+    \Y[2:1] );
+ input childclk;
+ output [1:0] \Y[2:1] ;
+
+
+ BUFx2_ASAP7_75t_R \abuf_$100  (.A(childclk));
+ BUFx2_ASAP7_75t_R \ff0/name  (.A(childclk));
+endmodule
diff --git a/test/verilog_write_escape.tcl b/test/verilog_write_escape.tcl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29ac26e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/verilog_write_escape.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# 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 verilog_write_escape.v
+link_design multi_sink
+set output_file "verilog_write_escape_out.v"
+write_verilog $output_file
+set fp [open $output_file r]
+while {[gets $fp line] >= 0} {
+    puts $line
+}
+close $fp
+read_verilog $output_file
+file delete $output_file
diff --git a/test/verilog_write_escape.v b/test/verilog_write_escape.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa7d99f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/verilog_write_escape.v
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+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 \abuf_$100  (.A(childclk));
+   BUFx2_ASAP7_75t_R \ff0/name (.A(childclk));
+endmodule // hier_block1
diff --git a/verilog/VerilogWriter.cc b/verilog/VerilogWriter.cc
index 3ba02ba9..c18bdb0f 100644
--- a/verilog/VerilogWriter.cc
+++ b/verilog/VerilogWriter.cc
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@ 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;