diff --git a/src/common/framecmn.cpp b/src/common/framecmn.cpp
index 29cc46a368..f050c1eb84 100644
--- a/src/common/framecmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/framecmn.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ bool wxFrameBase::ShouldUpdateMenuFromIdle()
     // check if we're using the global menu bar as we don't get EVT_MENU_OPEN
     // for it and need to fall back to idle time updating even if normally
     // wxUSE_IDLEMENUUPDATES is set to 0 for wxGTK.
-#ifdef __WXGTK__
+#ifdef __WXGTK20__
     if ( wxApp::GTKIsUsingGlobalMenu() )
         return true;
 #endif // !__WXGTK__