diff --git a/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp b/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp
index dcc5791ef7..625ec9c915 100644
--- a/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp
@@ -600,8 +600,7 @@ void wxTextCtrl::SetValue( const wxString &value )
 #else
         wxCharBuffer buffer( wxConvUTF8.cWC2MB( wxConvLocal.cWX2WC( value ) ) );
 #endif
-        GtkTextBuffer *text_buffer = gtk_text_view_get_buffer( GTK_TEXT_VIEW(m_text) );
-        if (gtk_text_buffer_get_char_count(text_buffer) != 0)
+        if (gtk_text_buffer_get_char_count(m_buffer) != 0)
             IgnoreNextTextUpdate();
 
         gtk_text_buffer_set_text( m_buffer, buffer, strlen(buffer) );
diff --git a/src/gtk1/textctrl.cpp b/src/gtk1/textctrl.cpp
index dcc5791ef7..625ec9c915 100644
--- a/src/gtk1/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk1/textctrl.cpp
@@ -600,8 +600,7 @@ void wxTextCtrl::SetValue( const wxString &value )
 #else
         wxCharBuffer buffer( wxConvUTF8.cWC2MB( wxConvLocal.cWX2WC( value ) ) );
 #endif
-        GtkTextBuffer *text_buffer = gtk_text_view_get_buffer( GTK_TEXT_VIEW(m_text) );
-        if (gtk_text_buffer_get_char_count(text_buffer) != 0)
+        if (gtk_text_buffer_get_char_count(m_buffer) != 0)
             IgnoreNextTextUpdate();
 
         gtk_text_buffer_set_text( m_buffer, buffer, strlen(buffer) );