diff --git a/src/gtk/menu.cpp b/src/gtk/menu.cpp
index 232d301ff7..5b827b1e79 100644
--- a/src/gtk/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/menu.cpp
@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ wxMenu::~wxMenu()
    {
        // see wxMenu::Init
        gtk_widget_unref( m_menu );
+       g_object_unref( m_accel );
        // if the menu is inserted in another menu at this time, there was
        // one more reference to it:
        if ( m_owner )