diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 81ef7b5700..1f282ab117 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -578,6 +578,10 @@ All (GUI):
 
 - Fix crash when setting invalid label ending with "&" (ZaneUJi).
 
+wxGTK:
+
+- Fix mouse wheel scrolling in wxListCtrl broken just before 3.0.0.
+
 
 3.0.0: (released 2013-11-11)
 ----------------------------
diff --git a/src/gtk/window.cpp b/src/gtk/window.cpp
index 8f41635cf2..a16743410f 100644
--- a/src/gtk/window.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/window.cpp
@@ -1723,6 +1723,9 @@ scroll_event(GtkWidget* widget, GdkEventScroll* gdk_event, wxWindow* win)
 
     if (!win->GTKProcessEvent(event))
     {
+        if (!range)
+            return false;
+
         if (direction == GDK_SCROLL_UP || direction == GDK_SCROLL_LEFT)
             step = -step;
         AdjustRangeValue(range, step);