diff --git a/src/common/appbase.cpp b/src/common/appbase.cpp
index 269be5b575..14a4cf64da 100644
--- a/src/common/appbase.cpp
+++ b/src/common/appbase.cpp
@@ -325,8 +325,10 @@ bool wxAppConsoleBase::Yield(bool onlyIfNeeded)
 
 void wxAppConsoleBase::WakeUpIdle()
 {
-    if ( m_mainLoop )
-        m_mainLoop->WakeUp();
+    wxEventLoopBase * const loop = wxEventLoopBase::GetActive();
+
+    if ( loop )
+        loop->WakeUp();
 }
 
 bool wxAppConsoleBase::ProcessIdle()