Index: typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_menu.php
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--- typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_menu.php	(revision 7534)
+++ typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_menu.php	(working copy)
@@ -1375,7 +1375,9 @@
 
 			if ($submenu->start($this->tmpl, $this->sys_page, $uid, $this->conf, $this->menuNumber+1, $objSuffix))	{
 				$submenu->makeMenu();
-				return $submenu->writeMenu();
+				$content = $submenu->writeMenu();
+				$GLOBALS['TSFE']->register['count_menuItems'] = count($this->menuArr);
+				return $content;
 			}
 		}
 	}