diff --git a/Lib/lib-tk/Canvas.py b/Lib/lib-tk/Canvas.py
index 3f19e0f6ea8..37532740a34 100644
--- a/Lib/lib-tk/Canvas.py
+++ b/Lib/lib-tk/Canvas.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def addtag_overlapping(self, x1, y1, x2, y2):
 	def addtag_withtag(self, tagOrId):
 		self._do('addtag', 'withtag', tagOrId)
 	def bbox(self):
-		return self._getints(self._do('bbox'))
+		return self.canvas._getints(self._do('bbox'))
 	def bind(self, sequence=None, command=None):
 		return self.canvas.tag_bind(self.id, sequence, command)
 	def unbind(self, sequence):