diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
index cc71b49f2..1c1d5cad7 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ controlSeq name = try $ do
   case name of
         ""   -> mzero
         [c] | not (isLetter c) -> string [c]
-        cs   -> string cs <* optional sp
+        cs   -> string cs <* notFollowedBy letter <* optional sp
   return name
 
 sp :: LP ()