diff --git a/src/jquery/jquery.js b/src/jquery/jquery.js
index 41b8201a4..5780ba76b 100644
--- a/src/jquery/jquery.js
+++ b/src/jquery/jquery.js
@@ -1495,7 +1495,9 @@ jQuery.extend({
 					
 				}
 				
-				arg = div.childNodes;
+				arg = [];
+				for (var i=0, l=div.childNodes.length; i<l; i++)
+					arg.push(div.childNodes[i]);
 			}
 
 			if ( arg.length === 0 && !jQuery.nodeName(arg, "form") )