diff --git a/src/richtext/richtextxml.cpp b/src/richtext/richtextxml.cpp
index c5b954b599..2324e3b9f9 100644
--- a/src/richtext/richtextxml.cpp
+++ b/src/richtext/richtextxml.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ bool wxRichTextXMLHandler::ImportXML(wxRichTextBuffer* buffer, wxXmlNode* node)
             else if (childName == wxT("image"))
             {
                 int imageType = wxBITMAP_TYPE_PNG;
-                wxString value = node->GetPropVal(wxT("imagetype"), wxEmptyString);
+                wxString value = child->GetPropVal(wxT("imagetype"), wxEmptyString);
                 if (!value.empty())
                     imageType = wxAtoi(value);