diff --git a/question/type/multianswer/module.js b/question/type/multianswer/module.js
index beb3788356900..2fbe4e061d387 100644
--- a/question/type/multianswer/module.js
+++ b/question/type/multianswer/module.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ M.qtype_multianswer = M.qtype_multianswer || {};
 
 
 M.qtype_multianswer.init = function (Y, questiondiv) {
-    Y.one(questiondiv).all('label.subq').each(function(subqspan, i) {
+    Y.one(questiondiv).all('span.subquestion').each(function(subqspan, i) {
         var feedbackspan = subqspan.one('.feedbackspan');
         if (!feedbackspan) {
             return;
diff --git a/question/type/multianswer/renderer.php b/question/type/multianswer/renderer.php
index 0134eb4e7b583..5afe4ff963490 100644
--- a/question/type/multianswer/renderer.php
+++ b/question/type/multianswer/renderer.php
@@ -227,12 +227,13 @@ public function subquestion(question_attempt $qa, question_display_options $opti
                         $qa, 'question', 'answerfeedback', $matchinganswer->id),
                 s($correctanswer->answer), $options);
 
-        $output = '';
+        $output = html_writer::start_tag('span', array('class' => 'subquestion'));
         $output .= html_writer::tag('label', get_string('answer'),
                 array('class' => 'subq accesshide', 'for' => $inputattributes['id']));
         $output .= html_writer::empty_tag('input', $inputattributes);
         $output .= $feedbackimg;
         $output .= $feedbackpopup;
+        $output .= html_writer::end_tag('span');
 
         return $output;
     }
@@ -294,12 +295,13 @@ public function subquestion(question_attempt $qa, question_display_options $opti
                 $subq->format_text($rightanswer->answer, $rightanswer->answerformat,
                         $qa, 'question', 'answer', $rightanswer->id), $options);
 
-        $output = '';
+        $output = html_writer::start_tag('span', array('class' => 'subquestion'));
         $output .= html_writer::tag('label', get_string('answer'),
                 array('class' => 'subq accesshide', 'for' => $inputattributes['id']));
         $output .= $select;
         $output .= $feedbackimg;
         $output .= $feedbackpopup;
+        $output .= html_writer::end_tag('span');
 
         return $output;
     }