diff --git a/mlir/utils/generate-test-checks.py b/mlir/utils/generate-test-checks.py
index 14a790e6d0e6e..f80a1811f418c 100755
--- a/mlir/utils/generate-test-checks.py
+++ b/mlir/utils/generate-test-checks.py
@@ -229,7 +229,9 @@ def process_attribute_definition(line, attribute_namer):
             "// CHECK: #[["
             + attribute_name
             + ":.+]] ="
-            + line[len(m.group(0)) :]
+            # The rest of the line may contain attribute references,
+            # so we have to process them.
+            + process_attribute_references(line[len(m.group(0)) :], attribute_namer)
             + "\n"
         )
     return None