diff --git a/lisp/org-latex.el b/lisp/org-latex.el
index 1f697d5..37ccce3 100644
--- a/lisp/org-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/org-latex.el
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ The conversion is made depending of STRING-BEFORE and STRING-AFTER."
 			   (match-string 0)) t t)
     (save-excursion
       (beginning-of-line 1)
-      (unless (looking-at ".*\\\\newline[ \t]*$")
+      (unless (and (looking-at ".*\n[ \t]*\n") (looking-at ".*\\\\newline[ \t]*$"))
 	(end-of-line 1)
 	(insert "\\newline")))))