diff --git a/src/common/statbar.cpp b/src/common/statbar.cpp
index 1ebaf0e3df..76278969ea 100644
--- a/src/common/statbar.cpp
+++ b/src/common/statbar.cpp
@@ -243,16 +243,7 @@ wxArrayInt wxStatusBarBase::CalculateAbsWidths(wxCoord widthTotal) const
         }
 
         // the amount of extra width we have per each var width field
-        int nVarWidth;
-        if ( nVarCount )
-        {
-            int widthExtra = widthTotal - nTotalWidth;
-            nVarWidth = widthExtra > 0 ? widthExtra / nVarCount : 0;
-        }
-        else // no var width fields at all
-        {
-            nVarWidth = 0;
-        }
+        int widthExtra = widthTotal - nTotalWidth;
 
         // do fill the array
         for ( i = 0; i < m_nFields; i++ )
@@ -263,7 +254,10 @@ wxArrayInt wxStatusBarBase::CalculateAbsWidths(wxCoord widthTotal) const
             }
             else
             {
-                widths.Add(-m_statusWidths[i]*nVarWidth);
+                int nVarWidth = widthExtra > 0 ? (widthExtra * -m_statusWidths[i]) / nVarCount : 0;
+                nVarCount += m_statusWidths[i];
+                widthExtra -= nVarWidth;
+                widths.Add(nVarWidth);
             }
         }
     }