diff --git a/src/common/hash.cpp b/src/common/hash.cpp
index 10120633e7..779f48169d 100644
--- a/src/common/hash.cpp
+++ b/src/common/hash.cpp
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ void wxHashTable::DoCopy(const wxHashTable& table)
       hash_table[i] = NULL;
     else {
       hash_table[i] = new wxList(key_type);
-      hash_table[i]->Assign(*(table.hash_table[i]));
+      *hash_table[i] = *(table.hash_table[i]);
     }
   }
 }