diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index 5a57fe9f6..6c3dc1b80 100644
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ jQuery.event = {
 		click: {
 			// For checkbox, fire native event so checked state will be right
 			trigger: function() {
-				if ( this.type === "checkbox" && this.click && jQuery.nodeName( this, "input" ) ) {
+				if ( jQuery.nodeName( this, "input" ) && this.type === "checkbox" && this.click ) {
 					this.click();
 					return false;
 				}