diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/Menu/AbstractMenuContentObject.php b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/Menu/AbstractMenuContentObject.php
index a14c3351955c..f2aee713047e 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/Menu/AbstractMenuContentObject.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/Menu/AbstractMenuContentObject.php
@@ -810,8 +810,8 @@ protected function prepareMenuItemsForDirectoryMenu($specialValue, $sortingField
                 $id = $mount_info['mount_pid'];
             }
             // Get sub-pages:
-            $rows = $this->sys_page->getMenu($id, '*', $sortingField);
-            foreach ($rows as $row) {
+            $statement = $this->parent_cObj->exec_getQuery('pages', ['pidInList' => $id, 'orderBy' => $sortingField]);
+            while ($row = $statement->fetch()) {
                 $tsfe->sys_page->versionOL('pages', $row, true);
                 if (!empty($row)) {
                     // Keep mount point?