1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 8cacb9e4..b97c4226 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -146,12 +146,12 @@ function HTML(html) {
 
 if (msie) {
   nodeName = function(element) {
-    element = element[0] || element;
+    element = element.nodeName ? element : element[0];
     return (element.scopeName && element.scopeName != 'HTML' ) ? uppercase(element.scopeName + ':' + element.nodeName) : element.nodeName;
   };
 } else {
   nodeName = function(element) {
-    return (element[0] || element).nodeName;
+    return element.nodeName ? element.nodeName : element[0].nodeName;
   };
 }