diff --git a/src/msw/textctrl.cpp b/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
index 6c52d71047..b0d7135cc0 100644
--- a/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
@@ -245,12 +245,9 @@ bool wxTextCtrl::Create(wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
 #endif
 
     // base initialization
-    if ( !CreateBase(parent, id, pos, size, style, validator, name) )
+    if ( !CreateControl(parent, id, pos, size, style, validator, name) )
         return FALSE;
 
-    if ( parent )
-        parent->AddChild(this);
-
     // translate wxWin style flags to MSW ones
     WXDWORD msStyle = MSWGetCreateWindowFlags();