diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/php_grpc.c b/src/php/ext/grpc/php_grpc.c
index 16b40617e05..87de0376d45 100644
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/php_grpc.c
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/php_grpc.c
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ void apply_ini_settings(TSRMLS_D) {
   }
 }
 
+
+/* {{{ PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION
+ */
 PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION(grpc) {
   REGISTER_INI_ENTRIES();
 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sanity/banned_functions.py b/tools/run_tests/sanity/banned_functions.py
index 9faefb5ade2..bee968ba356 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/sanity/banned_functions.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sanity/banned_functions.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ BANNED_EXCEPT = {
         "./src/core/util/log.cc",
         "./src/core/util/posix/log.cc",
         "./src/core/util/windows/log.cc",
-        "./src/php/ext/grpc/php_grpc.c",
         "./src/ruby/ext/grpc/rb_grpc_imports.generated.c",
         "./src/ruby/ext/grpc/rb_grpc_imports.generated.h",
         "./test/core/end2end/tests/no_logging.cc",