diff --git a/lib/blocks.php b/lib/blocks.php
index 836b622323265e..19cddcb49039c4 100644
--- a/lib/blocks.php
+++ b/lib/blocks.php
@@ -126,9 +126,7 @@ function gutenberg_add_blocks_to_post_resource( $content ) {
 		// Set up and add the item data.
 		$item_data = array();
 		$item_data['type'] = $block_name;
-		if ( null !== $attributes ) {
-			$item_data['attributes'] = $block['attrs'];
-		}
+		$item_data['attributes'] = $attributes;
 		$item_data['content'] = $block['rawContent'];
 		if ( null !== $block['renderedContent'] ) {
 			$item_data['rendered'] = $block['renderedContent'] ;