1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
index c46e66215cb..08e32ea1e14 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ Turning on Perl mode runs the normal hook `perl-mode-hook'."
   (setq comment-indent-function 'perl-comment-indent)
   (make-local-variable 'parse-sexp-ignore-comments)
   (setq parse-sexp-ignore-comments t)
-  (make-local-variable 'font-lock-keywords)
-  (setq font-lock-keywords perl-font-lock-keywords)
+  (make-local-variable 'font-lock-defaults)
+  (setq font-lock-defaults '(perl-font-lock-keywords))
   (run-hooks 'perl-mode-hook))
 
 ;; This is used by indent-for-comment