diff --git a/scintilla/lexers/LexHTML.cxx b/scintilla/lexers/LexHTML.cxx
index 5be39664..b093e6ae 100644
--- a/scintilla/lexers/LexHTML.cxx
+++ b/scintilla/lexers/LexHTML.cxx
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ static void ColouriseHyperTextDoc(unsigned int startPos, int length, int initSty
 		         (chNext == '?') &&
 				 !IsScriptCommentState(state)) {
  			beforeLanguage = scriptLanguage;
-			scriptLanguage = segIsScriptingIndicator(styler, i + 2, i + 6, eScriptPHP);
+			scriptLanguage = segIsScriptingIndicator(styler, i + 2, i + 6, isXml ? eScriptXML : eScriptPHP);
 			if (scriptLanguage != eScriptPHP && isStringState(state)) continue;
 			styler.ColourTo(i - 1, StateToPrint);
 			beforePreProc = state;