diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js b/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
index a66b8a54a..4c538d020 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ var slice = Array.prototype.slice;
 var _cleanData = $.cleanData;
 $.cleanData = function( elems ) {
 	for ( var i = 0, elem; (elem = elems[i]) != null; i++ ) {
-		$( elem ).triggerHandler( "remove" );
+		try {
+			$( elem ).triggerHandler( "remove" );
+		// http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/8235
+		} catch( e ) {}
 	}
 	_cleanData( elems );
 };