diff --git a/src/common/framecmn.cpp b/src/common/framecmn.cpp
index b69ca51332..3cc2dff527 100644
--- a/src/common/framecmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/framecmn.cpp
@@ -427,8 +427,11 @@ void wxFrameBase::DoMenuUpdates()
 {
     wxMenuBar* bar = GetMenuBar();
 
+#ifdef __WXMSW__
     wxWindow* focusWin = wxFindFocusDescendant((wxWindow*) this);
-
+#else
+    wxWindow* focusWin = (wxWindow*) NULL;
+#endif
     if ( bar != NULL )
     {
         int nCount = bar->GetMenuCount();
diff --git a/src/common/tbarbase.cpp b/src/common/tbarbase.cpp
index 526c883fcc..3bb374eecb 100644
--- a/src/common/tbarbase.cpp
+++ b/src/common/tbarbase.cpp
@@ -530,7 +530,11 @@ void wxToolBarBase::DoToolbarUpdates()
     while (parent->GetParent())
         parent = parent->GetParent();
 
+#ifdef __WXMSW__
     wxWindow* focusWin = wxFindFocusDescendant(parent);
+#else
+    wxWindow* focusWin = (wxWindow*) NULL;
+#endif
 
     wxEvtHandler* evtHandler = focusWin ? focusWin->GetEventHandler() : GetEventHandler() ;