diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cc-fonts.el b/lisp/progmodes/cc-fonts.el
index e171b20f328..6c348514915 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-fonts.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-fonts.el
@@ -1205,8 +1205,20 @@ casts and declarations are fontified.  Used on level 2 and higher."
 			   'font-lock-keyword-face)
 		       (looking-at c-not-decl-init-keywords))
 		  (and c-macro-with-semi-re
-		       (looking-at c-macro-with-semi-re))) ; 2008-11-04
-	      ;; Don't do anything more if we're looking at a keyword that
+		       (looking-at c-macro-with-semi-re)) ; 2008-11-04
+		  (save-excursion ; A construct after a ; in a `for' statement
+				  ; can't be a declaration.
+		    (and (c-go-up-list-backward)
+			 (eq (char-after) ?\()
+			 (progn (c-backward-syntactic-ws)
+				(c-simple-skip-symbol-backward))
+			 (looking-at c-paren-stmt-key)
+			 (progn (goto-char match-pos)
+				(while (and (eq (char-before) ?\))
+					    (c-go-list-backward))
+				  (c-backward-syntactic-ws))
+				(eq (char-before) ?\;)))))
+	      ;; Don't do anything more if we're looking at something that
 	      ;; can't start a declaration.
 	      t