diff --git a/src/Paragraph.cpp b/src/Paragraph.cpp
index ec92fa21cf..22a75c7d19 100644
--- a/src/Paragraph.cpp
+++ b/src/Paragraph.cpp
@@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@ void Paragraph::Private::latexInset(BufferParams const & bparams,
 			  && !textinset->text().isMainText()
 			  && inset->lyxCode() != BRANCH_CODE
 			  && !runparams.no_cprotect
+			  && !inset->getLayout().noCProtect()
 			: false;
 		unsigned int count2 = basefont.latexWriteStartChanges(os, bparams,
 						      rp, running_font,
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetText.cpp b/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
index 5552d479be..73813d9ee3 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ void InsetText::latex(otexstream & os, OutputParams const & runparams) const
 			// FIXME UNICODE
 			// FIXME \protect should only be used for fragile
 			//    commands, but we do not provide this information yet.
-			if (!runparams.no_cprotect && hasCProtectContent(runparams.moving_arg)) {
+			if (!il.noCProtect() && !runparams.no_cprotect && hasCProtectContent(runparams.moving_arg)) {
 				if (contains(runparams.active_chars, '^')) {
 					// cprotect relies on ^ being on catcode 7
 					os << "\\begingroup\\catcode`\\^=7";