diff --git a/src/xrc/xh_collpane.cpp b/src/xrc/xh_collpane.cpp
index b935fe4243..e4125bb0d6 100644
--- a/src/xrc/xh_collpane.cpp
+++ b/src/xrc/xh_collpane.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ wxObject *wxCollapsiblePaneXmlHandler::DoCreateResource()
     {
         XRC_MAKE_INSTANCE(ctrl, wxCollapsiblePane)
 
-        wxString label = GetParamValue(wxT("label"));
+        wxString label = GetText(wxT("label"));
         if (label.empty())
         {
             ReportParamError("label", "label cannot be empty");