diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8dd69cf..c05fccb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ copied).
       was set, unpredictable behaviour could occur. The underlying bug was 
       incorrect code and insufficient checking while searching for the end of 
       the called subroutine in the parsed pattern.
+      
+  (m) Quantifiers following (*VERB)s were not being diagnosed as errors.
 
 4. Back references are now permitted in lookbehind assertions when there are 
 no duplicated group numbers (that is, (?| has not been used), and, if the 
diff --git a/src/pcre2_compile.c b/src/pcre2_compile.c
index 2703791..345de43 100644
--- a/src/pcre2_compile.c
+++ b/src/pcre2_compile.c
@@ -2362,6 +2362,7 @@ while (ptr < ptrend)
 
       case CHAR_RIGHT_PARENTHESIS:
       inverbname = FALSE;
+      okquantifier = FALSE;   /* Was probably set by literals */ 
       /* This is the length in characters */
       verbnamelength = (PCRE2_SIZE)(parsed_pattern - verblengthptr - 1);
       /* But the limit on the length is in code units */
diff --git a/testdata/testinput2 b/testdata/testinput2
index b2c66a1..ab20dcc 100644
--- a/testdata/testinput2
+++ b/testdata/testinput2
@@ -4918,4 +4918,6 @@ a)"xI
 
 /(?<=(?1))((?s))/anchored
 
+/(*:ab)*/
+
 # End of testinput2 
diff --git a/testdata/testoutput2 b/testdata/testoutput2
index d980c76..5a2d7c8 100644
--- a/testdata/testoutput2
+++ b/testdata/testoutput2
@@ -15369,6 +15369,9 @@ Failed: error 128 at offset 2: assertion expected after (?( or (?(?C)
 
 /(?<=(?1))((?s))/anchored
 
+/(*:ab)*/
+Failed: error 109 at offset 6: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item
+
 # End of testinput2 
 Error -63: PCRE2_ERROR_BADDATA (unknown error number)
 Error -62: bad serialized data