diff --git a/modules/lang/latex/config.el b/modules/lang/latex/config.el
index bf76d3daf..809507d71 100644
--- a/modules/lang/latex/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/latex/config.el
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         LaTeX-fill-break-at-separators nil
         LaTeX-item-indent 0) ; item indentation.
 
-  (define-key LaTeX-mode-map "C-j" nil)
+  (define-key LaTeX-mode-map "\C-j" nil)
 
   ;; Do not prompt for Master files, this allows auto-insert to add templates
   ;; to .tex files