diff --git a/markdown-mode.el b/markdown-mode.el
index 8b653e03..0ea969be 100644
--- a/markdown-mode.el
+++ b/markdown-mode.el
@@ -6476,9 +6476,9 @@ This is an exact copy of `line-number-at-pos' for use in emacs21."
     ;; Update font lock keywords with extensions
     (setq markdown-mode-font-lock-keywords
           (append
+           (markdown-mode-font-lock-keywords-math)
            markdown-mode-font-lock-keywords-basic
-           (markdown-mode-font-lock-keywords-wiki-links)
-           (markdown-mode-font-lock-keywords-math)))
+           (markdown-mode-font-lock-keywords-wiki-links)))
     ;; Update font lock defaults
     (setq font-lock-defaults
           '(markdown-mode-font-lock-keywords