diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 323451cb78..9205b49acb 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Release 1.0.7 (in development)
 ==============================
 
+* Fix regression of LaTeX output with the fix of #556.
+
 * #568: Fix lookup of class attribute documentation on descriptors
   so that comment documentation now works.
 
diff --git a/sphinx/directives/other.py b/sphinx/directives/other.py
index c798f579d2..873fef0468 100644
--- a/sphinx/directives/other.py
+++ b/sphinx/directives/other.py
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ class Index(Directive):
         self.state.document.note_explicit_target(targetnode)
         indexnode = addnodes.index()
         indexnode['entries'] = ne = []
+        indexnode['inline'] = False
         for entry in arguments:
             entry = entry.strip()
             for type in pairindextypes:
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 66b511a8a1..3bed28ff9d 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -1059,6 +1059,8 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
         self.body.append('\n\\end{flushright}\n')
 
     def visit_index(self, node, scre=re.compile(r';\s*')):
+        if not node.get('inline'):
+            self.body.append('\n')
         entries = node['entries']
         for type, string, tid, _ in entries:
             if type == 'single':