diff --git a/include/wx/menu.h b/include/wx/menu.h
index bd0fef2289..f23b6ac400 100644
--- a/include/wx/menu.h
+++ b/include/wx/menu.h
@@ -272,15 +272,15 @@ public:
     void UpdateUI(wxEvtHandler* source = (wxEvtHandler*)NULL);
 
     // get the menu bar this menu is attached to (may be NULL, always NULL for
-    // popup menus)
-    wxMenuBar *GetMenuBar() const { return m_menuBar; }
+    // popup menus).  Traverse up the menu hierarchy to find it.
+    wxMenuBar *GetMenuBar() const;
 
     // called when the menu is attached/detached to/from a menu bar
     virtual void Attach(wxMenuBarBase *menubar);
     virtual void Detach();
 
     // is the menu attached to a menu bar (or is it a popup one)?
-    bool IsAttached() const { return m_menuBar != NULL; }
+    bool IsAttached() const { return GetMenuBar() != NULL; }
 
     // set/get the parent of this menu
     void SetParent(wxMenu *parent) { m_menuParent = parent; }
diff --git a/src/common/menucmn.cpp b/src/common/menucmn.cpp
index bf618f7939..b272d1483d 100644
--- a/src/common/menucmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/menucmn.cpp
@@ -310,11 +310,6 @@ void wxMenuBase::AddSubMenu(wxMenu *submenu)
 {
     wxCHECK_RET( submenu, _T("can't add a NULL submenu") );
 
-    if ( m_menuBar )
-    {
-        submenu->Attach(m_menuBar);
-    }
-
     submenu->SetParent((wxMenu *)this);
 }
 
@@ -629,6 +624,13 @@ bool wxMenuBase::SendEvent(int id, int checked)
 // wxMenu attaching/detaching to/from menu bar
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+wxMenuBar* wxMenuBase::GetMenuBar() const
+{
+    if(GetParent())
+        return GetParent()->GetMenuBar();
+    return m_menuBar;
+}
+
 void wxMenuBase::Attach(wxMenuBarBase *menubar)
 {
     // use Detach() instead!