diff --git a/editors/js/ckeditor-3.0.js b/editors/js/ckeditor-3.0.js
index efa2fe0..60c9c0f 100644
--- a/editors/js/ckeditor-3.0.js
+++ b/editors/js/ckeditor-3.0.js
@@ -173,9 +173,6 @@ Drupal.wysiwyg.editor.instance.ckeditor = {
               var selection = editor.getSelection();
               if (selection) {
                 data.node = selection.getSelectedElement();
-                if (data.node) {
-                  data.node = data.node.$;
-                }
                 if (selection.getType() == CKEDITOR.SELECTION_TEXT) {
                   if (CKEDITOR.env.ie) {
                     data.content = selection.getNative().createRange().text;
@@ -189,6 +186,8 @@ Drupal.wysiwyg.editor.instance.ckeditor = {
                   data.content = data.node.parentNode.innerHTML;
                 }
               }
+
+	      data.node = data.node ? data.node.$ : null;
               Drupal.wysiwyg.plugins[pluginName].invoke(data, pluginSettings, editor.name);
             }
           };