diff --git a/src/univ/themes/gtk.cpp b/src/univ/themes/gtk.cpp
index 0246f9d12a..447a359305 100644
--- a/src/univ/themes/gtk.cpp
+++ b/src/univ/themes/gtk.cpp
@@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@ wxMenuGeometryInfo *wxGTKRenderer::GetMenuGeometry(wxWindow *win,
             h = heightText;
 
             wxCoord widthLabel;
-            dc.GetTextExtent(item->GetLabel(), &widthLabel, NULL);
+            dc.GetTextExtent(item->GetItemLabelText(), &widthLabel, NULL);
             if ( widthLabel > widthLabelMax )
             {
                 widthLabelMax = widthLabel;
diff --git a/src/univ/themes/win32.cpp b/src/univ/themes/win32.cpp
index 3603333f2b..853c080d57 100644
--- a/src/univ/themes/win32.cpp
+++ b/src/univ/themes/win32.cpp
@@ -2505,7 +2505,7 @@ wxMenuGeometryInfo *wxWin32Renderer::GetMenuGeometry(wxWindow *win,
             h = heightText;
 
             wxCoord widthLabel;
-            dc.GetTextExtent(item->GetLabel(), &widthLabel, NULL);
+            dc.GetTextExtent(item->GetItemLabelText(), &widthLabel, NULL);
             if ( widthLabel > widthLabelMax )
             {
                 widthLabelMax = widthLabel;