diff --git a/src/ajax.js b/src/ajax.js
index 552d412f..d92d26d1 100644
--- a/src/ajax.js
+++ b/src/ajax.js
@@ -45,18 +45,19 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 			}
 		}
 
+		var self = this;
+
 		// Request the remote document
 		jQuery.ajax({
 			url: url,
 			type: type,
 			dataType: "html",
 			data: params,
-			context:this,
 			complete: function( res, status ) {
 				// If successful, inject the HTML into all the matched elements
 				if ( status === "success" || status === "notmodified" ) {
 					// See if a selector was specified
-					this.html( selector ?
+					self.html( selector ?
 						// Create a dummy div to hold the results
 						jQuery("<div />")
 							// inject the contents of the document in, removing the scripts
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 				}
 
 				if ( callback ) {
-					this.each( callback, [res.responseText, status, res] );
+					self.each( callback, [res.responseText, status, res] );
 				}
 			}
 		});
diff --git a/test/unit/ajax.js b/test/unit/ajax.js
index 4f901265..cd3aba0a 100644
--- a/test/unit/ajax.js
+++ b/test/unit/ajax.js
@@ -70,6 +70,30 @@ test("jQuery.ajax() - error callbacks", function() {
 	});
 });
 
+test(".load()) - 404 error callbacks", function() {
+	expect( 6 );
+	stop();
+
+	jQuery('#foo').ajaxStart(function(){
+		ok( true, "ajaxStart" );
+	}).ajaxStop(function(){
+		ok( true, "ajaxStop" );
+		start();
+	}).ajaxSend(function(){
+		ok( true, "ajaxSend" );
+	}).ajaxComplete(function(){
+		ok( true, "ajaxComplete" );
+	}).ajaxError(function(){
+		ok( true, "ajaxError" );
+	}).ajaxSuccess(function(){
+		ok( false, "ajaxSuccess" );
+	});
+
+	jQuery("<div/>").load("data/404.html", function(){
+		ok(true, "complete");
+	});
+});
+
 test("jQuery.ajax() - abort", function() {
 	expect( 6 );
 	stop();