diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index 4ee77810a6..8dd805d3bb 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ function wp_maybe_load_widgets() {
 
 function wp_widgets_add_menu() {
 	global $submenu;
-	$submenu['themes.php'][7] = array( __( 'Widgets' ), 'edit_themes', 'widgets.php' );
+	$submenu['themes.php'][7] = array( __( 'Widgets' ), 'switch_themes', 'widgets.php' );
 	ksort($submenu['themes.php'], SORT_NUMERIC);
 }