diff --git a/mypy/plugins/attrs.py b/mypy/plugins/attrs.py
index 87de287923cc..78afc422add6 100644
--- a/mypy/plugins/attrs.py
+++ b/mypy/plugins/attrs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Plugin for supporting the attrs library (http://www.attrs.org)"""
+
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from typing import Optional, Dict, List, cast, Tuple, Iterable
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
 from mypy.fixup import lookup_qualified_stnode
 from mypy.nodes import (
     Context, Argument, Var, ARG_OPT, ARG_POS, TypeInfo, AssignmentStmt,
-    TupleExpr, ListExpr, NameExpr, CallExpr, RefExpr, FuncBase,
+    TupleExpr, ListExpr, NameExpr, CallExpr, RefExpr, FuncDef,
     is_class_var, TempNode, Decorator, MemberExpr, Expression,
     SymbolTableNode, MDEF, JsonDict, OverloadedFuncDef, ARG_NAMED_OPT, ARG_NAMED,
     TypeVarExpr
@@ -463,10 +464,13 @@ def _parse_converter(ctx: 'mypy.plugin.ClassDefContext',
     # TODO: Support complex converters, e.g. lambdas, calls, etc.
     if converter:
         if isinstance(converter, RefExpr) and converter.node:
-            if (isinstance(converter.node, FuncBase)
+            if (isinstance(converter.node, FuncDef)
                     and converter.node.type
                     and isinstance(converter.node.type, FunctionLike)):
                 return Converter(converter.node.fullname())
+            elif (isinstance(converter.node, OverloadedFuncDef)
+                    and is_valid_overloaded_converter(converter.node)):
+                return Converter(converter.node.fullname())
             elif isinstance(converter.node, TypeInfo):
                 return Converter(converter.node.fullname())
 
@@ -490,6 +494,11 @@ def _parse_converter(ctx: 'mypy.plugin.ClassDefContext',
     return Converter(None)
 
 
+def is_valid_overloaded_converter(defn: OverloadedFuncDef) -> bool:
+    return all((not isinstance(item, Decorator) or isinstance(item.func.type, FunctionLike))
+               for item in defn.items)
+
+
 def _parse_assignments(
         lvalue: Expression,
         stmt: AssignmentStmt) -> Tuple[List[NameExpr], List[Expression]]:
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-attr.test b/test-data/unit/check-attr.test
index e97f54c4bb68..6202b4e6aed4 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-attr.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-attr.test
@@ -577,10 +577,8 @@ class C:
 
 [builtins fixtures/list.pyi]
 
--- This is tricky with new analyzer:
--- We need to know the analyzed type of a function while still processing top-level.
 [case testAttrsUsingBadConverter]
-# flags: --no-new-semantic-analyzer --no-strict-optional
+# flags: --no-strict-optional
 import attr
 from typing import overload
 @overload
@@ -606,6 +604,34 @@ main:17: error: Argument "converter" has incompatible type overloaded function;
 main:18: note: Revealed type is 'def (bad: Any, bad_overloaded: Any) -> __main__.A'
 [builtins fixtures/list.pyi]
 
+[case testAttrsUsingBadConverterReprocess]
+# flags: --no-strict-optional
+import attr
+from typing import overload
+forward: 'A'
+@overload
+def bad_overloaded_converter(x: int, y: int) -> int:
+    ...
+@overload
+def bad_overloaded_converter(x: str, y: str) -> str:
+    ...
+def bad_overloaded_converter(x, y=7):
+    return x
+def bad_converter() -> str:
+    return ''
+@attr.dataclass
+class A:
+    bad: str = attr.ib(converter=bad_converter)
+    bad_overloaded: int = attr.ib(converter=bad_overloaded_converter)
+reveal_type(A)
+[out]
+main:17: error: Cannot determine __init__ type from converter
+main:17: error: Argument "converter" has incompatible type "Callable[[], str]"; expected "Callable[[Any], str]"
+main:18: error: Cannot determine __init__ type from converter
+main:18: error: Argument "converter" has incompatible type overloaded function; expected "Callable[[Any], int]"
+main:19: note: Revealed type is 'def (bad: Any, bad_overloaded: Any) -> __main__.A'
+[builtins fixtures/list.pyi]
+
 [case testAttrsUsingUnsupportedConverter]
 import attr
 class Thing: