diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 5189a473d..ad7e187be 100755
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-08-11  Carsten Dominik  <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
+
+	* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-tables): Remove save-excursion
+	around `org-table-align'.
+
 2009-08-10  Carsten Dominik  <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
 
 	* org.el (org-export-html-special-string-regexps): Definition
diff --git a/lisp/org-latex.el b/lisp/org-latex.el
index f922d6f38..92d1084b7 100644
--- a/lisp/org-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/org-latex.el
@@ -1309,8 +1309,7 @@ The conversion is made depending of STRING-BEFORE and STRING-AFTER."
   "Convert tables to LaTeX and INSERT it."
   (goto-char (point-min))
   (while (re-search-forward "^\\([ \t]*\\)|" nil t)
-    ;; FIXME really need to save-excursion?
-    (save-excursion (org-table-align))
+    (org-table-align)
     (let* ((beg (org-table-begin))
 	   (end (org-table-end))
 	   (raw-table (buffer-substring beg end))