diff --git a/frontends/verilog/verilog_parser.y b/frontends/verilog/verilog_parser.y
index f250d7685..d39b72547 100644
--- a/frontends/verilog/verilog_parser.y
+++ b/frontends/verilog/verilog_parser.y
@@ -2228,24 +2228,24 @@ simple_behavioral_stmt:
 behavioral_stmt:
 	defattr | assert | wire_decl | param_decl | localparam_decl | typedef_decl |
 	non_opt_delay behavioral_stmt |
-	simple_behavioral_stmt ';' | ';' |
-	hierarchical_id attr {
+	attr simple_behavioral_stmt ';' | ';' |
+	attr hierarchical_id {
 		AstNode *node = new AstNode(AST_TCALL);
-		node->str = *$1;
-		delete $1;
+		node->str = *$2;
+		delete $2;
 		ast_stack.back()->children.push_back(node);
 		ast_stack.push_back(node);
-		append_attr(node, $2);
+		append_attr(node, $1);
 	} opt_arg_list ';'{
 		ast_stack.pop_back();
 	} |
-	TOK_MSG_TASKS attr {
+	attr TOK_MSG_TASKS {
 		AstNode *node = new AstNode(AST_TCALL);
-		node->str = *$1;
-		delete $1;
+		node->str = *$2;
+		delete $2;
 		ast_stack.back()->children.push_back(node);
 		ast_stack.push_back(node);
-		append_attr(node, $2);
+		append_attr(node, $1);
 	} opt_arg_list ';'{
 		ast_stack.pop_back();
 	} |
@@ -2342,8 +2342,6 @@ behavioral_stmt:
 		ast_stack.pop_back();
 	};
 
-	;
-
 unique_case_attr:
 	/* empty */ {
 		$$ = false;
diff --git a/tests/verilog/task_attr.ys b/tests/verilog/task_attr.ys
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6e75f85f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/verilog/task_attr.ys
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+read_verilog <<EOT
+module top;
+    task foo;
+    endtask
+
+    always @*
+        (* foo *) foo;
+
+    initial
+        if (0) $info("bar");
+endmodule
+EOT
+# Since task enables are not an RTLIL object,
+#   any attributes on their AST get dropped
+select -assert-none a:* a:src %d
+
+
+logger -expect error "syntax error, unexpected ATTR_BEGIN" 1
+design -reset
+read_verilog <<EOT
+module top;
+    task foo;
+    endtask
+
+    always @*
+        foo (* foo *);
+endmodule
+EOT