diff --git a/src/msw/frame.cpp b/src/msw/frame.cpp
index 19a148224f..300c0317ed 100644
--- a/src/msw/frame.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/frame.cpp
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ bool wxFrame::HandleMenuSelect(WXWORD nItem, WXWORD flags, WXHMENU hMenu)
         // items opening popup menus (they don't have them anyhow) but do clear
         // the status line - otherwise, we would be left with the help message
         // for the previous item which doesn't apply any more
-        DoGiveHelp(wxEmptyString, false);
+        DoGiveHelp(wxEmptyString);
 
         return false;
     }