diff --git a/modules/field/field.form.inc b/modules/field/field.form.inc
index 79fc14a20e87c4324e6d6193984f2e395ff9c802..be3685d875ee58e9de4ba05eea0dcd628e9e006b 100644
--- a/modules/field/field.form.inc
+++ b/modules/field/field.form.inc
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ function theme_field_multiple_value_form($variables) {
   if ($element['#cardinality'] > 1 || $element['#cardinality'] == FIELD_CARDINALITY_UNLIMITED) {
     $table_id = drupal_html_id($element['#field_name'] . '_values');
     $order_class = $element['#field_name'] . '-delta-order';
-    $required = !empty($element['#required']) ? '<abbr class="form-required" title="' . t('This field is required. ') . '">*</abbr>' : '';
+    $required = !empty($element['#required']) ? theme('form_required_marker', $variables) : '';
 
     $header = array(
       array(