diff --git a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
index 446bbe096bd19dc..b5028ee126ccee2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
@@ -1880,6 +1880,28 @@ def testRenameAttribute(self):
         self.checkRenameNodeSharedConstraints(doc, attr)
         doc.unlink()
 
+    def testRenameAttributeToPrefixedName(self):
+        doc = parseString("<doc a='v' b='w'/>")
+        elem = doc.documentElement
+        attr = elem.getAttributeNode("a")
+        attr = doc.renameNode(attr, "http://xml.python.org/ns", "p:c")
+        self.assertEqual(attr.name, "p:c")
+        self.assertEqual(attr.prefix, "p")
+        self.assertEqual(attr.localName, "c")
+        self.assertEqual(attr.namespaceURI, "http://xml.python.org/ns")
+        self.assertIsNone(elem.getAttributeNode("a"))
+        self.assertIs(elem.getAttributeNodeNS("http://xml.python.org/ns", "c"),
+                      attr)
+
+        # A rejected rename leaves the attribute on its element.
+        attr = elem.getAttributeNode("b")
+        self.assertRaises(xml.dom.NamespaceErr, doc.renameNode, attr,
+                          "http://xml.python.org/ns", "xml:lang")
+        self.assertEqual(attr.name, "b")
+        self.assertIsNone(attr.namespaceURI)
+        self.assertIs(elem.getAttributeNode("b"), attr)
+        doc.unlink()
+
     def testRenameElement(self):
         doc = parseString("<doc/>")
         elem = doc.documentElement
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py b/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
index 7cb652a323dcc22..5ab58c76f032ad0 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
@@ -2129,15 +2129,17 @@ def renameNode(self, n, namespaceURI, name):
             prefix = None
             localName = None
         if n.nodeType == Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE:
+            if prefix is not None:
+                _check_prefix(prefix, namespaceURI, True)
             element = n.ownerElement
             if element is not None:
                 is_id = n._is_id
                 element.removeAttributeNode(n)
         else:
             element = None
+        n.namespaceURI = namespaceURI
         n.prefix = prefix
         n._localName = localName
-        n.namespaceURI = namespaceURI
         n.nodeName = name
         if n.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE:
             n.tagName = name