diff --git a/src/common/bookctrl.cpp b/src/common/bookctrl.cpp
index 2ee818f20c..16e4cf3e9a 100644
--- a/src/common/bookctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/common/bookctrl.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,15 @@ wxSize wxBookCtrlBase::DoGetBestSize() const
 #if wxUSE_HELP
 void wxBookCtrlBase::OnHelp(wxHelpEvent& event)
 {
+    // ignore the events not coming from the book control itself, otherwise we
+    // could attempt to redirect a help event generated by one of our pages
+    // back to the same page resulting in an infinite loop
+    if ( event.GetEventObject() != this )
+    {
+        event.Skip();
+        return;
+    }
+
     // find the corresponding page
     wxWindow *page = NULL;