Method for lambda control in an internal combustion engine with a catalytic converter in an exhaust tract and at least one lambda probe mounted inside the catalytic converter. With this arrangement of the upstream probe there are signal delays which slow down the lambda control. To compensate, the measurement signals from the first lambda probe are applied to a lambda analysis unit which corrects measurement signal delays, and the corrected lambda probe signal is applied to a unit for lambda control. Both lambda probes are connected to a unit for lambda control.