diff --git a/src/msw/listctrl.cpp b/src/msw/listctrl.cpp
index 2019554161..08e459d9b1 100644
--- a/src/msw/listctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/listctrl.cpp
@@ -1350,7 +1350,10 @@ wxSize wxListCtrl::MSWGetBestViewRect(int x, int y) const
     if ( mswStyle & WS_VSCROLL )
         size.x += wxSystemSettings::GetMetric(wxSYS_VSCROLL_X);
 
-    return size;
+    // OTOH we have to subtract the size of our borders because the base class
+    // public method already adds them, but ListView_ApproximateViewRect()
+    // already takes the borders into account, so this would be superfluous.
+    return size - DoGetBorderSize();
 }
 
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