diff --git a/include/wx/translation.h b/include/wx/translation.h
index a5c0c9f75a..187caf366b 100644
--- a/include/wx/translation.h
+++ b/include/wx/translation.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     // perform loading of the catalog via m_loader
-    bool LoadCatalog(const wxString& domain, const wxString& lang);
+    bool LoadCatalog(const wxString& domain, const wxString& lang, const wxString& msgIdLang);
 
     // find catalog by name in a linked list, return NULL if !found
     wxMsgCatalog *FindCatalog(const wxString& domain) const;
diff --git a/src/common/translation.cpp b/src/common/translation.cpp
index e6f5373683..455fb315d0 100644
--- a/src/common/translation.cpp
+++ b/src/common/translation.cpp
@@ -1506,17 +1506,11 @@ bool wxTranslations::AddCatalog(const wxString& domain,
                 wxS("adding '%s' translation for domain '%s' (msgid language '%s')"),
                 domain_lang, domain, msgIdLang);
 
-    // It is OK to not load catalog if the msgid language and m_language match,
-    // in which case we can directly display the texts embedded in program's
-    // source code:
-    if ( msgIdLang == domain_lang )
-        return true;
-
-    return LoadCatalog(domain, domain_lang);
+    return LoadCatalog(domain, domain_lang, msgIdLang);
 }
 
 
-bool wxTranslations::LoadCatalog(const wxString& domain, const wxString& lang)
+bool wxTranslations::LoadCatalog(const wxString& domain, const wxString& lang, const wxString& msgIdLang)
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( m_loader, false, "loader can't be NULL" );
 
@@ -1553,6 +1547,15 @@ bool wxTranslations::LoadCatalog(const wxString& domain, const wxString& lang)
             cat = m_loader->LoadCatalog(domain, baselang);
     }
 
+    if ( !cat )
+    {
+        // It is OK to not load catalog if the msgid language and m_language match,
+        // in which case we can directly display the texts embedded in program's
+        // source code:
+        if ( msgIdLang == lang )
+            return true;
+    }
+
     if ( cat )
     {
         // add it to the head of the list so that in GetString it will