diff --git a/include/wx/generic/grid.h b/include/wx/generic/grid.h
index 4c3ed510df..f2404fcd9d 100644
--- a/include/wx/generic/grid.h
+++ b/include/wx/generic/grid.h
@@ -549,39 +549,15 @@ public:
     // get renderers for the given row/column header label and the corner
     // window: unlike cell renderers, these objects are not reference counted
     // and are never NULL so they are returned by reference
-    virtual const wxGridColumnHeaderRenderer&
-        GetColumnHeaderRenderer(int WXUNUSED(col))
-    {
-        return m_defaultHeaderRenderers.colRenderer;
-    }
-
-    virtual const wxGridRowHeaderRenderer&
-        GetRowHeaderRenderer(int WXUNUSED(row))
-    {
-        return m_defaultHeaderRenderers.rowRenderer;
-    }
-
-    virtual const wxGridCornerHeaderRenderer& GetCornerRenderer()
-    {
-        return m_defaultHeaderRenderers.cornerRenderer;
-    }
+    virtual const wxGridColumnHeaderRenderer& GetColumnHeaderRenderer(int col);
+    virtual const wxGridRowHeaderRenderer& GetRowHeaderRenderer(int row);
+    virtual const wxGridCornerHeaderRenderer& GetCornerRenderer();
 
 private:
     void InitData();
 
     wxGridCellAttrProviderData *m_data;
 
-    // this struct simply combines together the default header renderers
-    //
-    // FIXME-VC6: this struct must be named because of VC6 bug, it fails
-    //            with error C2639 on this struct declaration without it
-    struct DefaultHeaderRenderers
-    {
-        wxGridColumnHeaderRendererDefault colRenderer;
-        wxGridRowHeaderRendererDefault rowRenderer;
-        wxGridCornerHeaderRendererDefault cornerRenderer;
-    } m_defaultHeaderRenderers;
-
     wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxGridCellAttrProvider);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/generic/grid.cpp b/src/generic/grid.cpp
index 1130b4177f..d19952c919 100644
--- a/src/generic/grid.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/grid.cpp
@@ -80,12 +80,28 @@ WX_DECLARE_HASH_SET_WITH_DECL(int, wxIntegerHash, wxIntegerEqual,
 // globals
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+namespace
+{
+
 //#define DEBUG_ATTR_CACHE
 #ifdef DEBUG_ATTR_CACHE
     static size_t gs_nAttrCacheHits = 0;
     static size_t gs_nAttrCacheMisses = 0;
 #endif
 
+// this struct simply combines together the default header renderers
+//
+// as the renderers ctors are trivial, there is no problem with making them
+// globals
+struct DefaultHeaderRenderers
+{
+    wxGridColumnHeaderRendererDefault colRenderer;
+    wxGridRowHeaderRendererDefault rowRenderer;
+    wxGridCornerHeaderRendererDefault cornerRenderer;
+} gs_defaultHeaderRenderers;
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // constants
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -943,6 +959,23 @@ void wxGridCellAttrProvider::UpdateAttrCols( size_t pos, int numCols )
     }
 }
 
+const wxGridColumnHeaderRenderer&
+wxGridCellAttrProvider::GetColumnHeaderRenderer(int WXUNUSED(col))
+{
+    return gs_defaultHeaderRenderers.colRenderer;
+}
+
+const wxGridRowHeaderRenderer&
+wxGridCellAttrProvider::GetRowHeaderRenderer(int WXUNUSED(row))
+{
+    return gs_defaultHeaderRenderers.rowRenderer;
+}
+
+const wxGridCornerHeaderRenderer& wxGridCellAttrProvider::GetCornerRenderer()
+{
+    return gs_defaultHeaderRenderers.cornerRenderer;
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxGridTableBase
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -5408,8 +5441,11 @@ void wxGrid::DrawRowLabel( wxDC& dc, int row )
     if ( GetRowHeight(row) <= 0 || m_rowLabelWidth <= 0 )
         return;
 
+    wxGridCellAttrProvider * const
+        attrProvider = m_table ? m_table->GetAttrProvider() : NULL;
     const wxGridRowHeaderRenderer&
-        rend = m_table->GetAttrProvider()->GetRowHeaderRenderer(row);
+        rend = attrProvider ? attrProvider->GetRowHeaderRenderer(row)
+                            : gs_defaultHeaderRenderers.rowRenderer;
     wxRect rect(0, GetRowTop(row), m_rowLabelWidth, GetRowHeight(row));
     rend.DrawBorder(*this, dc, rect);
 
@@ -5478,8 +5514,11 @@ void wxGrid::DrawCornerLabel(wxDC& dc)
         rect.width++;
         rect.height++;
 
+        wxGridCellAttrProvider * const
+            attrProvider = m_table ? m_table->GetAttrProvider() : NULL;
         const wxGridCornerHeaderRenderer&
-            rend = m_table->GetAttrProvider()->GetCornerRenderer();
+            rend = attrProvider ? attrProvider->GetCornerRenderer()
+                                : gs_defaultHeaderRenderers.cornerRenderer;
 
         rend.DrawBorder(*this, dc, rect);
     }
@@ -5493,8 +5532,11 @@ void wxGrid::DrawColLabel(wxDC& dc, int col)
     int colLeft = GetColLeft(col);
 
     wxRect rect(colLeft, 0, GetColWidth(col), m_colLabelHeight);
+    wxGridCellAttrProvider * const
+        attrProvider = m_table ? m_table->GetAttrProvider() : NULL;
     const wxGridColumnHeaderRenderer&
-        rend = m_table->GetAttrProvider()->GetColumnHeaderRenderer(col);
+        rend = attrProvider ? attrProvider->GetColumnHeaderRenderer(col)
+                            : gs_defaultHeaderRenderers.colRenderer;
 
     if ( m_nativeColumnLabels )
     {