diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/MenuItem.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/MenuItem.cs
index 789e4f8926..912abc6de3 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/MenuItem.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/MenuItem.cs
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
         private ICommand _command;
         private bool _commandCanExecute = true;
         private Popup _popup;
+        private IDisposable _gridHack;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes static members of the <see cref="MenuItem"/> class.
@@ -322,6 +323,9 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
             {
                 Command.CanExecuteChanged -= CanExecuteChanged;
             }
+
+            _gridHack?.Dispose();
+            _gridHack = null;
         }
 
         protected override void OnAttachedToVisualTree(VisualTreeAttachmentEventArgs e)
@@ -341,7 +345,9 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
                 // the WPF codebase:
                 //
                 // https://github.com/dotnet/wpf/blob/89537909bdf36bc918e88b37751add46a8980bb0/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf/src/PresentationFramework/System/Windows/Controls/MenuItem.cs#L2126-L2141
-                SetValue(DefinitionBase.PrivateSharedSizeScopeProperty, parent.GetValue(DefinitionBase.PrivateSharedSizeScopeProperty));
+                _gridHack = Bind(
+                    DefinitionBase.PrivateSharedSizeScopeProperty,
+                    parent.GetBindingObservable(DefinitionBase.PrivateSharedSizeScopeProperty));
             }
         }