diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/Catalog.pm b/src/backend/catalog/Catalog.pm
index 4a9fa3b2cb..1546e1b335 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/Catalog.pm
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/Catalog.pm
@@ -315,8 +315,10 @@ sub ParseData
 					# We're treating the input line as a piece of Perl, so we
 					# need to use string eval here. Tell perlcritic we know what
 					# we're doing.
-					eval '$hash_ref = '
-					  . $_;    ## no critic (ProhibitStringyEval)
+					#<<< protect next line from perltidy
+					# so perlcritic annotation works
+					eval '$hash_ref = ' . $_;    ## no critic (ProhibitStringyEval)
+					#>>>
 					if (!ref $hash_ref)
 					{
 						die "$input_file: error parsing line $.:\n$_\n";