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diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
index 7878e91096c..bff3e60e90e 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
@@ -2224,7 +2224,7 @@ Help message may be switched off by setting `cperl-message-electric-keyword'
to nil."
(let ((beg (point-at-bol)))
(and (save-excursion
- (backward-sexp 1)
+ (skip-chars-backward "[:alpha:]")
(cperl-after-expr-p nil "{;:"))
(save-excursion
(not