diff --git a/include/wx/graphics.h b/include/wx/graphics.h
index aba3af1aa4..a00468f6ca 100644
--- a/include/wx/graphics.h
+++ b/include/wx/graphics.h
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ protected:
     wxGraphicsFont m_font;
     wxRasterOperationMode m_logicalFunction;
 
-private:
+protected:
     // implementations of overloaded public functions: we use different names
     // for them to avoid the virtual function hiding problems in the derived
     // classes
diff --git a/src/osx/carbon/graphics.cpp b/src/osx/carbon/graphics.cpp
index 699842431c..6afb4468a4 100644
--- a/src/osx/carbon/graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/osx/carbon/graphics.cpp
@@ -2010,7 +2010,7 @@ void wxMacCoreGraphicsContext::DoDrawRotatedText(const wxString &str,
     if ( UMAGetSystemVersion() >= 0x1050 )
     {
         // default implementation takes care of rotation and calls non rotated DrawText afterwards
-        wxGraphicsContext::DrawText( str, x, y, angle );
+        wxGraphicsContext::DoDrawRotatedText( str, x, y, angle );
         return;
     }
 #endif