diff --git a/src/traversing.js b/src/traversing.js
index 5b6d489a..fb5946bb 100644
--- a/src/traversing.js
+++ b/src/traversing.js
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 
 				} else {
 					cur = cur.parentNode;
-					if ( !cur || !cur.ownerDocument || cur === context ) {
+					if ( !cur || !cur.ownerDocument || cur === context || cur.nodeType === 11 ) {
 						break;
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/test/unit/traversing.js b/test/unit/traversing.js
index 71bc7f5d..6228a0b9 100644
--- a/test/unit/traversing.js
+++ b/test/unit/traversing.js
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ test("closest()", function() {
 
 	// Test on disconnected node
 	equals( jQuery("<div><p></p></div>").find("p").closest("table").length, 0, "Make sure disconnected closest work." );
+
+	// Bug #7369
+	equals( jQuery('<div foo="bar"></div>').closest('[foo]').length, 1, "Disconnected nodes with attribute selector" );
+	equals( jQuery('<div>text</div>').closest('[lang]').length, 0, "Disconnected nodes with text and non-existent attribute selector" );
 });
 
 test("closest(Array)", function() {