1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/reftex-parse.el b/lisp/textmodes/reftex-parse.el
index 7f186afc27c..f57113177c5 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/reftex-parse.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/reftex-parse.el
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ of master file."
                  (when (or (null reftex-label-ignored-macros-and-environments)
                            ;; \label{} defs should always be honored,
                            ;; just no keyval style [label=foo] defs.
-                           (string-equal "\label{" (substring (reftex-match-string 0) 0 7))
+                           (string-equal "\\label{" (substring (reftex-match-string 0) 0 7))
                            (if (and (fboundp 'TeX-current-macro)
                                     (fboundp 'LaTeX-current-environment))
                                (not (or (member (save-match-data (TeX-current-macro))