1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/texinfo.el b/lisp/textmodes/texinfo.el
index 66037ea396a..5067b629ee9 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/texinfo.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/texinfo.el
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@ value of texinfo-mode-hook."
   (setq comment-start-skip "@c +")
   (make-local-variable 'words-include-escapes)
   (setq words-include-escapes t)
-  (make-local-variable 'font-lock-keywords)
-  (setq font-lock-keywords texinfo-font-lock-keywords)
+  (make-local-variable 'font-lock-defaults)
+  (setq font-lock-defaults '(texinfo-font-lock-keywords))
   (make-local-variable 'tex-start-of-header)
   (setq tex-start-of-header "%**start")
   (make-local-variable 'tex-end-of-header)