diff --git a/include/wx/msw/menu.h b/include/wx/msw/menu.h
index 7dad184e74..7a85783060 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/menu.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/menu.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public:
 
     // called by wxMenuItem when its accels changes
     void UpdateAccel(wxMenuItem *item);
+    void RemoveAccel(wxMenuItem *item);
 
     // helper used by wxMenu itself (returns the index in m_accels)
     int FindAccel(int id) const;
diff --git a/src/msw/menu.cpp b/src/msw/menu.cpp
index 95d9585722..6022b8f679 100644
--- a/src/msw/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/menu.cpp
@@ -417,6 +417,33 @@ void wxMenu::UpdateAccel(wxMenuItem *item)
     //else: it is a separator, they can't have accels, nothing to do
 }
 
+void wxMenu::RemoveAccel(wxMenuItem *item)
+{
+    // recurse upwards: we should only modify m_accels of the top level
+    // menus, not of the submenus as wxMenuBar doesn't look at them
+    // (alternative and arguable cleaner solution would be to recurse
+    // downwards in GetAccelCount() and CopyAccels())
+    if ( GetParent() )
+    {
+        GetParent()->RemoveAccel(item);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // remove the corresponding accel from the accel table
+    int n = FindAccel(item->GetId());
+    if ( n != wxNOT_FOUND )
+    {
+        delete m_accels[n];
+
+        m_accels.RemoveAt(n);
+
+#if wxUSE_OWNER_DRAWN
+        ResetMaxAccelWidth();
+#endif
+    }
+    //else: this item doesn't have an accel, nothing to do
+}
+
 #endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
 
 namespace
@@ -735,19 +762,7 @@ wxMenuItem *wxMenu::DoRemove(wxMenuItem *item)
     }
 
 #if wxUSE_ACCEL
-    // remove the corresponding accel from the accel table
-    int n = FindAccel(item->GetId());
-    if ( n != wxNOT_FOUND )
-    {
-        delete m_accels[n];
-
-        m_accels.RemoveAt(n);
-
-#if wxUSE_OWNER_DRAWN
-        ResetMaxAccelWidth();
-#endif
-    }
-    //else: this item doesn't have an accel, nothing to do
+    RemoveAccel(item);
 #endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
 
     // Update indices of radio groups.