diff --git a/runtime/syntax/perl.vim b/runtime/syntax/perl.vim
index c7b8093..c09373a 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/perl.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/perl.vim
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 " Maintainer:    vim-perl <vim-perl@googlegroups.com>
 " Homepage:      http://github.com/vim-perl/vim-perl/tree/master
 " Bugs/requests: http://github.com/vim-perl/vim-perl/issues
-" Last Change:   2013 Jul 24
+" Last Change:   2013-07-23
 " Contributors:  Andy Lester <andy@petdance.com>
 "                Hinrik Örn Sigurðsson <hinrik.sig@gmail.com>
 "                Lukas Mai <l.mai.web.de>
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 
 syn cluster perlTop		contains=TOP
 
+syn region perlBraces start="{" end="}" transparent extend
 
 " All keywords
 "
@@ -416,8 +417,6 @@
     if exists("perl_fold_anonymous_subs") && perl_fold_anonymous_subs
       syn region perlSubFold     start="\<sub\>[^\n;]*{" end="}" transparent fold keepend extend
       syn region perlSubFold     start="\<\%(BEGIN\|END\|CHECK\|INIT\)\>\s*{" end="}" transparent fold keepend
-
-      syn region perlBraces start="{" end="}" transparent extend
     else
       syn region perlSubFold     start="^\z(\s*\)\<sub\>.*[^};]$" end="^\z1}\s*\%(#.*\)\=$" transparent fold keepend
       syn region perlSubFold start="^\z(\s*\)\<\%(BEGIN\|END\|CHECK\|INIT\|UNITCHECK\)\>.*[^};]$" end="^\z1}\s*$" transparent fold keepend