diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/xml/SymbolicXMLBuilder.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/xml/SymbolicXMLBuilder.scala
index 393fd0a5f626..74493215f12a 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/xml/SymbolicXMLBuilder.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/xml/SymbolicXMLBuilder.scala
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class SymbolicXMLBuilder(parser: Parser, preserveWS: Boolean)(implicit ctx: Cont
     val buffer = ValDef(_buf, TypeTree(), New(_scala_xml_NodeBuffer, ListOfNil))
     val applies = args filterNot isEmptyText map (t => Apply(Select(Ident(_buf), _plus), List(t)))
 
-    atSpan(span)( Block(buffer :: applies.toList, Ident(_buf)) )
+    atSpan(span)(new XMLBlock(buffer :: applies.toList, Ident(_buf)) )
   }
 
   /** Returns (Some(prefix) | None, rest) based on position of ':' */
diff --git a/tests/pos/xml-attribute-block.scala b/tests/pos/xml-attribute-block.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c782d511d390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/xml-attribute-block.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class Foo {
+  <foo a="hello &name; aaa"/>
+}