diff --git a/win/X11/winmenu.c b/win/X11/winmenu.c
index d6f80e94b..0d2640f06 100644
--- a/win/X11/winmenu.c
+++ b/win/X11/winmenu.c
@@ -713,7 +713,10 @@ X11_select_menu(window, how, menu_list)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < SIZE(gcnt); i++) gcnt[i] = 0;
 	for (n = 0, curr = menu_info->new_menu.base; curr; curr = curr->next)
-	    if (curr->gselector) ++n,  ++gcnt[GSELIDX(curr->gselector)];
+	    if (curr->gselector && curr->gselector != curr->selector) {
+		++n;
+		++gcnt[GSELIDX(curr->gselector)];
+	    }
 
 	if (n > 0)	/* at least one group accelerator found */
 	    for (ap = gacc, curr = menu_info->new_menu.base;
diff --git a/win/tty/wintty.c b/win/tty/wintty.c
index 560f9abc8..a0a064a09 100644
--- a/win/tty/wintty.c
+++ b/win/tty/wintty.c
@@ -1156,7 +1156,10 @@ struct WinDesc *cw;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < SIZE(gcnt); i++) gcnt[i] = 0;
 	for (n = 0, curr = cw->mlist; curr; curr = curr->next)
-	    if (curr->gselector) ++n,  ++gcnt[GSELIDX(curr->gselector)];
+	    if (curr->gselector && curr->gselector != curr->selector) {
+		++n;
+		++gcnt[GSELIDX(curr->gselector)];
+	    }
 
 	if (n > 0)	/* at least one group accelerator found */
 	    for (rp = gacc, curr = cw->mlist; curr; curr = curr->next)