diff --git a/src/ajax.js b/src/ajax.js
index df418eba5..5cc7b37e7 100644
--- a/src/ajax.js
+++ b/src/ajax.js
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 		var s = jQuery.extend(true, {}, jQuery.ajaxSettings, origSettings);
 		
 		var jsonp, status, data,
-			callbackContext = s.context || window,
+			callbackContext = s.context || s,
 			type = s.type.toUpperCase();
 
 		// convert data if not already a string