diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cc-fonts.el b/lisp/progmodes/cc-fonts.el
index d84c4f8ad8a..4dcc3e0ade9 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-fonts.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-fonts.el
@@ -2530,8 +2530,8 @@ higher."
 		   (get-text-property (match-beginning 0) 'fontified)
 		   (not (memq (c-get-char-property (match-beginning 0) 'face)
 			      c-literal-faces)))
-	      (c-put-font-lock-face (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)
-				    font-lock-type-face))
+	      (put-text-property (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)
+				 'fontified nil))
 	    (dolist (win-boundary window-boundaries)
 	      (when (and (< (match-beginning 0) (cdr win-boundary))
 			 (> (match-end 0) (car win-boundary))