diff --git a/src/gtk/window.cpp b/src/gtk/window.cpp
index 2b2ead0405..1f83b25b85 100644
--- a/src/gtk/window.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/window.cpp
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ gtk_window_key_press_callback( GtkWidget *WXUNUSED(widget),
                 if ( wxIsUpperChar(key_code) )
                     eventChar.m_keyCode = key_code - 'A' + 1;
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
-                eventChar.m_uniChar = event.m_keyCode;
+                eventChar.m_uniChar = eventChar.m_keyCode;
 #endif
             }