diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c b/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
index 0fd250826..85af1f110 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ static void dbAlias(char *name, char *alias)
     DBENTRY dbEntry;
     DBENTRY *pdbEntry = &dbEntry;
 
-    if(dbRecordNameValidate(alias))
+    if(dbRecordNameValidate(alias) || dbRecordNameValidate(name))
         return;
 
     dbInitEntry(savedPdbbase, pdbEntry);
diff --git a/modules/database/test/ioc/db/Makefile b/modules/database/test/ioc/db/Makefile
index 11f74f238..ad1d3d9b7 100644
--- a/modules/database/test/ioc/db/Makefile
+++ b/modules/database/test/ioc/db/Makefile
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ dbStaticTest_SRCS += dbStaticTest.c
 dbStaticTest_SRCS += dbTestIoc_registerRecordDeviceDriver.cpp
 testHarness_SRCS += dbStaticTest.c
 TESTFILES += ../dbStaticTest.db
+TESTFILES += ../dbStaticTestAlias1.db
+TESTFILES += ../dbStaticTestAlias2.db
 TESTS += dbStaticTest
 
 # This runs all the test programs in a known working order:
diff --git a/modules/database/test/ioc/db/dbStaticTest.c b/modules/database/test/ioc/db/dbStaticTest.c
index 7cba3cec0..d118c790a 100644
--- a/modules/database/test/ioc/db/dbStaticTest.c
+++ b/modules/database/test/ioc/db/dbStaticTest.c
@@ -291,6 +291,18 @@ static void testDbVerify(const char *record)
     dbFinishEntry(&entry);
 }
 
+static void testWrongAliasRecord(const char *filename)
+{
+    FILE *fp = NULL;
+    dbPath(pdbbase,"." OSI_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR "..");
+    dbOpenFile(pdbbase, filename, &fp);
+    if(!fp) {
+        testAbort("Unable to read %s", filename);
+    }
+    testOk(dbReadDatabaseFP(&pdbbase, fp, NULL, NULL) != 0,
+           "Wrong alias record in %s is expected to fail", filename);
+}
+
 void dbTestIoc_registerRecordDeviceDriver(struct dbBase *);
 
 MAIN(dbStaticTest)
@@ -298,13 +310,14 @@ MAIN(dbStaticTest)
     const char *ldir;
     FILE *fp = NULL;
 
-    testPlan(310);
+    testPlan(312);
     testdbPrepare();
 
     testdbReadDatabase("dbTestIoc.dbd", NULL, NULL);
     dbTestIoc_registerRecordDeviceDriver(pdbbase);
     dbPath(pdbbase,"." OSI_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR "..");
-    if(!(ldir = dbOpenFile(pdbbase, "dbStaticTest.db", &fp))) {
+    ldir = dbOpenFile(pdbbase, "dbStaticTest.db", &fp);
+    if(!fp) {
         testAbort("Unable to read dbStaticTest.db");
     }
     if(dbReadDatabaseFP(&pdbbase, fp, NULL, NULL)) {
@@ -312,6 +325,9 @@ MAIN(dbStaticTest)
                   ldir, OSI_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR);
     }
 
+    testWrongAliasRecord("dbStaticTestAlias1.db");
+    testWrongAliasRecord("dbStaticTestAlias2.db");
+
     testEntry("testrec.VAL");
     testEntry("testalias.VAL");
     testEntry("testalias2.VAL");
diff --git a/modules/database/test/ioc/db/dbStaticTestAlias1.db b/modules/database/test/ioc/db/dbStaticTestAlias1.db
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20dc4e2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/database/test/ioc/db/dbStaticTestAlias1.db
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+record(x, "testrec2alias") {
+}
+
+alias("testrec2alias.NAME", "testalias4")
diff --git a/modules/database/test/ioc/db/dbStaticTestAlias2.db b/modules/database/test/ioc/db/dbStaticTestAlias2.db
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f36b66432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/database/test/ioc/db/dbStaticTestAlias2.db
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+record(x, "testrec2alias2") {
+}
+
+alias("testrec2alias2", "testalias5.NAME")