diff --git a/src/msw/listctrl.cpp b/src/msw/listctrl.cpp
index 31d7e45cee..dbf0a17302 100644
--- a/src/msw/listctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/listctrl.cpp
@@ -2423,7 +2423,8 @@ static RECT GetCustomDrawnItemRect(const NMCUSTOMDRAW& nmcd)
     return rc;
 }
 
-static bool HandleSubItemPrepaint(LPNMLVCUSTOMDRAW pLVCD, HFONT hfont)
+static
+bool HandleSubItemPrepaint(LPNMLVCUSTOMDRAW pLVCD, HFONT hfont, int colCount)
 {
     NMCUSTOMDRAW& nmcd = pLVCD->nmcd;
 
@@ -2438,7 +2439,7 @@ static bool HandleSubItemPrepaint(LPNMLVCUSTOMDRAW pLVCD, HFONT hfont)
     // get the rectangle to paint
     RECT rc;
     ListView_GetSubItemRect(hwndList, item, col, LVIR_BOUNDS, &rc);
-    if ( !col )
+    if ( !col && colCount > 1 )
     {
         // broken ListView_GetSubItemRect() returns the entire item rect for
         // 0th subitem while we really need just the part for this column
@@ -2608,7 +2609,7 @@ static void HandleItemPaint(LPNMLVCUSTOMDRAW pLVCD, HFONT hfont)
     for ( int col = 0; col < colCount; col++ )
     {
         pLVCD->iSubItem = col;
-        HandleSubItemPrepaint(pLVCD, hfont);
+        HandleSubItemPrepaint(pLVCD, hfont, colCount);
     }
 
     HandleItemPostpaint(nmcd);