diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 0a64cd016273..5702d0e83b71 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -943,18 +943,15 @@ var csp = function() {
 var jq = function() {
   if (isDefined(jq.name_)) return jq.name_;
   var el;
-  var i, ii = ngAttrPrefixes.length;
+  var i, ii = ngAttrPrefixes.length, prefix, name;
   for (i = 0; i < ii; ++i) {
-    if (el = document.querySelector('[' + ngAttrPrefixes[i].replace(':', '\\:') + 'jq]')) {
+    prefix = ngAttrPrefixes[i];
+    if (el = document.querySelector('[' + prefix.replace(':', '\\:') + 'jq]')) {
+      name = el.getAttribute(prefix + 'jq');
       break;
     }
   }
 
-  var name;
-  if (el) {
-    name = getNgAttribute(el, "jq");
-  }
-
   return (jq.name_ = name);
 };
 
@@ -1195,10 +1192,9 @@ var ngAttrPrefixes = ['ng-', 'data-ng-', 'ng:', 'x-ng-'];
 
 function getNgAttribute(element, ngAttr) {
   var attr, i, ii = ngAttrPrefixes.length;
-  element = jqLite(element);
   for (i = 0; i < ii; ++i) {
     attr = ngAttrPrefixes[i] + ngAttr;
-    if (isString(attr = element.attr(attr))) {
+    if (isString(attr = element.getAttribute(attr))) {
       return attr;
     }
   }