diff --git a/data/syntax/latex.xml b/data/syntax/latex.xml
--- a/data/syntax/latex.xml
+++ b/data/syntax/latex.xml
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
       <!-- end of math environment -->
       <context name="MathFindEnd" attribute="Normal Text" lineEndContext="#pop" fallthrough="true" fallthroughContext="#pop">
         <RegExpr String="\s*\{" attribute="Normal Text" context="#stay"/>
-        <RegExpr String="(equation|displaymath|eqnarray|subeqnarray|math|multline|gather|align|flalign|alignat|xalignat|xxalignat|IEEEeqnarray|IEEEeqnarraybox|smallmatrix|pmatrix|bmatrix|Bmatrix|vmatrix|Vmatrix|cases)\*?" attribute="Environment" context="#stay"/>
+        <RegExpr String="(equation|displaymath|eqnarray|subeqnarray|math|multline|gather|align(?!at)|flalign|alignat|xalignat|xxalignat|IEEEeqnarray|IEEEeqnarraybox|smallmatrix|pmatrix|bmatrix|Bmatrix|vmatrix|Vmatrix|cases)\*?" attribute="Environment" context="#stay"/>
         <DetectChar char="}" attribute="Normal Text" context="#pop#pop#pop#pop#pop"  endRegion="block"/>
       </context>