diff --git a/jquery/jquery.js b/jquery/jquery.js
index 6f1cd8d5a..4ba40ff80 100644
--- a/jquery/jquery.js
+++ b/jquery/jquery.js
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ window.undefined = window.undefined;
  * @constructor
  */
 function jQuery(a,c) {
+
+	// Make sure t hat a selection was provided
+	a = a || jQuery.context || document;
+
 	/*
  	 * Handle support for overriding other $() functions. Way too many libraries
  	 * provide this function to simply ignore it and overwrite it.
@@ -35,9 +39,6 @@ function jQuery(a,c) {
 			// Use the default method, in case it works some voodoo
 			return jQuery._$( a );
 
-	// Make sure t hat a selection was provided
-	a = a || jQuery.context || document;
-
 	// Watch for when a jQuery object is passed as the selector
 	if ( a.jquery )
 		return a;