diff --git a/src/common/event.cpp b/src/common/event.cpp
index 7bb9ba699d..5f24b7489f 100644
--- a/src/common/event.cpp
+++ b/src/common/event.cpp
@@ -1044,8 +1044,10 @@ wxEvtHandler::~wxEvtHandler()
     // Remove us from wxPendingEvents if necessary.
     if(wxPendingEventsLocker)
         wxENTER_CRIT_SECT(*wxPendingEventsLocker);
-    if ( wxPendingEvents ) {
-        wxPendingEvents->DeleteObject(this);
+    if ( wxPendingEvents )
+    {
+        // Delete all occurences of this from the list of pending events
+        while (wxPendingEvents->DeleteObject(this)) { } // Do nothing
     }
     if(wxPendingEventsLocker)
         wxLEAVE_CRIT_SECT(*wxPendingEventsLocker);