diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index f53f67191..2c319f3e0 100644
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -405,8 +405,9 @@ jQuery.event = {
 			cur = event.target;
 
 		// Find delegate handlers
+		// Black-hole SVG <use> instance trees (#13180)
 		// Avoid non-left-click bubbling in Firefox (#3861)
-		if ( delegateCount && (!event.button || event.type !== "click") ) {
+		if ( delegateCount && cur.nodeType && (!event.button || event.type !== "click") ) {
 
 			for ( ; cur != this; cur = cur.parentNode || this ) {