diff --git a/src/attributes/val.js b/src/attributes/val.js
index 8454e80d0..16296a631 100644
--- a/src/attributes/val.js
+++ b/src/attributes/val.js
@@ -71,11 +71,10 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	valHooks: {
 		option: {
 			get: function( elem ) {
-				// Use proper attribute retrieval(#6932, #12072)
 				var val = jQuery.find.attr( elem, "value" );
 				return val != null ?
 					val :
-					elem.text;
+					jQuery.text( elem );
 			}
 		},
 		select: {
diff --git a/test/unit/attributes.js b/test/unit/attributes.js
index 8ba2b4459..2b2eee425 100644
--- a/test/unit/attributes.js
+++ b/test/unit/attributes.js
@@ -1448,3 +1448,12 @@ test( "coords returns correct values in IE6/IE7, see #10828", function() {
 	area = map.html("<area shape='rect' coords='0,0,0,0' href='#' alt='a' />").find("area");
 	equal( area.attr("coords"), "0,0,0,0", "did not retrieve coords correctly" );
 });
+
+test( "should not throw at $(option).val() (#14686)", 1, function() {
+	try {
+		jQuery( "<option/>" ).val();
+		ok( true );
+	} catch ( _ ) {
+		ok( false );
+	}
+});