diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.sortable.js b/ui/jquery.ui.sortable.js
index d29e708e8..28be062f6 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.sortable.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.sortable.js
@@ -700,8 +700,11 @@ $.widget("ui.sortable", $.ui.mouse, {
 		// if no intersecting containers found, return 
 		if(!innermostContainer) return; 
 
-		// move the item into the container if it's not there already 
-		if(this.currentContainer != this.containers[innermostIndex]) { 
+		// move the item into the container if it's not there already
+		if(this.containers.length === 1) {
+			this.containers[innermostIndex]._trigger("over", event, this._uiHash(this));
+			this.containers[innermostIndex].containerCache.over = 1;
+		} else if(this.currentContainer != this.containers[innermostIndex]) { 
 
 			//When entering a new container, we will find the item with the least distance and append our item near it 
 			var dist = 10000; var itemWithLeastDistance = null; var base = this.positionAbs[this.containers[innermostIndex].floating ? 'left' : 'top'];