diff --git a/src/jqLite.js b/src/jqLite.js
index 727218a94244..85089581ef30 100644
--- a/src/jqLite.js
+++ b/src/jqLite.js
@@ -809,7 +809,11 @@ forEach({
   },
 
   find: function(element, selector) {
-    return element.getElementsByTagName(selector);
+    if (element.nodeType==3) {
+      return [];
+    } else {
+      return element.getElementsByTagName(selector);
+    }
   },
 
   clone: jqLiteClone,