diff --git a/src/html/htmlcell.cpp b/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
index a7a602f54e..4bed6f3f9c 100644
--- a/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
+++ b/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
@@ -356,7 +356,11 @@ IMPLEMENT_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxHtmlWordCell, wxHtmlCell)
 wxHtmlWordCell::wxHtmlWordCell(const wxString& word, const wxDC& dc) : wxHtmlCell()
 {
     m_Word = word;
-    dc.GetTextExtent(m_Word, &m_Width, &m_Height, &m_Descent);
+    wxCoord w, h, d;
+    dc.GetTextExtent(m_Word, &w, &h, &d);
+    m_Width = w;
+    m_Height = h;
+    m_Descent = d;
     SetCanLiveOnPagebreak(false);
     m_allowLinebreak = true;
 }