diff --git a/php-mode.el b/php-mode.el
index 6b7074a1..13561cab 100644
--- a/php-mode.el
+++ b/php-mode.el
@@ -485,9 +485,11 @@ SYMBOL
   php nil)
 
 (c-lang-defconst c-before-font-lock-functions
-  php (if (fboundp #'c-depropertize-new-text)
-          '(c-depropertize-new-text)
-        nil))
+  php (let (functions)
+        (when (fboundp #'c-change-expand-fl-region)
+          (cl-pushnew 'c-change-expand-fl-region functions))
+        (when (fboundp #'c-depropertize-new-text)
+          (cl-pushnew 'c-depropertize-new-text functions))))
 
 ;; Make php-mode recognize opening tags as preprocessor macro's.
 ;;