diff --git a/lisp/org-footnote.el b/lisp/org-footnote.el
index 269ea8ebf..4cde24bf5 100644
--- a/lisp/org-footnote.el
+++ b/lisp/org-footnote.el
@@ -486,7 +486,8 @@ or new, let the user edit the definition of the footnote."
 (defun org-footnote-create-definition (label)
   "Start the definition of a footnote with label LABEL."
   (interactive "sLabel: ")
-  (let ((label (org-footnote-normalize-label label)))
+  (let ((label (org-footnote-normalize-label label))
+	electric-indent-mode) ;; Prevent wrong indentation
     (cond
      ;; In an Org file.
      ((derived-mode-p 'org-mode)