diff --git a/src/manipulation.js b/src/manipulation.js
index 52d59d83e..711cb5e88 100644
--- a/src/manipulation.js
+++ b/src/manipulation.js
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	},
 
 	clean: function( elems, context, fragment, scripts ) {
+		var checkScriptType;
+
 		context = context || document;
 
 		// !context.createElement fails in IE with an error but returns typeof 'object'
@@ -630,15 +632,16 @@ jQuery.extend({
 		}
 
 		if ( fragment ) {
+			checkScriptType = function( elem ) {
+				return !elem.type || rscriptType.test( elem.type );
+			};
 			for ( i = 0; ret[i]; i++ ) {
 				if ( scripts && jQuery.nodeName( ret[i], "script" ) && (!ret[i].type || ret[i].type.toLowerCase() === "text/javascript") ) {
 					scripts.push( ret[i].parentNode ? ret[i].parentNode.removeChild( ret[i] ) : ret[i] );
 
 				} else {
 					if ( ret[i].nodeType === 1 ) {
-						var jsTags = jQuery.grep( ret[i].getElementsByTagName( "script" ), function( elem ) {
-							return !elem.type || rscriptType.test( elem.type );
-						});
+						var jsTags = jQuery.grep( ret[i].getElementsByTagName( "script" ), checkScriptType );
 
 						ret.splice.apply( ret, [i + 1, 0].concat( jsTags ) );
 					}