diff --git a/include/wx/translation.h b/include/wx/translation.h
index f877ed0a83..ae63c5ce3a 100644
--- a/include/wx/translation.h
+++ b/include/wx/translation.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 // to extract the strings from the sources)
 #ifndef WXINTL_NO_GETTEXT_MACRO
 #ifndef wxNO_IMPLICIT_WXSTRING_ENCODING
-    #define _(s)                               wxGetTranslation((s))
+    #define _(s)                               wxGetTranslation(s)
 #else
     #define _(s)                               wxGetTranslation(wxASCII_STR(s))
 #endif