diff --git a/src/common/menucmn.cpp b/src/common/menucmn.cpp
index 74d5fd843d..0d2d14bf0a 100644
--- a/src/common/menucmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/menucmn.cpp
@@ -453,30 +453,17 @@ bool wxMenuBase::SendEvent(int id, int checked)
 
     bool processed = false;
 
-    // Try the menu's event handler
-    // if ( !processed )
-    {
-        wxEvtHandler *handler = GetEventHandler();
-        if ( handler )
-            processed = handler->SafelyProcessEvent(event);
-    }
+    // Try the menu's event handler first
+    wxEvtHandler *handler = GetEventHandler();
+    if ( handler )
+        processed = handler->SafelyProcessEvent(event);
 
-    // Try the window the menu was popped up from (and up through the
-    // hierarchy)
+    // Try the window the menu was popped up from or its menu bar belongs to
     if ( !processed )
     {
-        const wxMenuBase *menu = this;
-        while ( menu )
-        {
-            wxWindow *win = menu->GetInvokingWindow();
-            if ( win )
-            {
-                processed = win->HandleWindowEvent(event);
-                break;
-            }
-
-            menu = menu->GetParent();
-        }
+        wxWindow * const win = GetWindow();
+        if ( win )
+            processed = win->HandleWindowEvent(event);
     }
 
     return processed;