diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index c356f6f4c..ecb75cdf5 100755
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 	* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-special-chars): Find subsequent
 	occurrences of special characters.
+	(org-export-latex-tables): Do not convert table-like stuff that is
+	protected.
 
 2010-03-01  Carsten Dominik  <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/lisp/org-latex.el b/lisp/org-latex.el
index f663fa425..ec243c269 100644
--- a/lisp/org-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/org-latex.el
@@ -1541,8 +1541,9 @@ The conversion is made depending of STRING-BEFORE and STRING-AFTER."
   ;; First, get the table.el tables
   (goto-char (point-min))
   (while (re-search-forward "^[ \t]*\\(\\+-[-+]*\\+\\)[ \t]*\n[ \t]*|" nil t)
-    (require 'table)
-    (org-export-latex-convert-table.el-table))
+    (org-if-unprotected
+     (require 'table)
+     (org-export-latex-convert-table.el-table)))
 
   ;; And now the Org-mode tables
   (goto-char (point-min))