diff --git a/src/common/event.cpp b/src/common/event.cpp
index 16a8b98b63..ddd90d8f6d 100644
--- a/src/common/event.cpp
+++ b/src/common/event.cpp
@@ -1615,15 +1615,9 @@ bool wxEvtHandler::SafelyProcessEvent(wxEvent& event)
     }
     catch ( ... )
     {
-        // notice that we do it in 2 steps to avoid warnings about possibly
-        // uninitialized loop variable from some versions of g++ which are not
-        // smart enough to figure out that GetActive() doesn't throw and so
-        // that loop will always be initialized
-        wxEventLoopBase *loop = NULL;
+        wxEventLoopBase * const loop = wxEventLoopBase::GetActive();
         try
         {
-            loop = wxEventLoopBase::GetActive();
-
             if ( !wxTheApp || !wxTheApp->OnExceptionInMainLoop() )
             {
                 if ( loop )