diff --git a/src/manipulation.js b/src/manipulation.js
index d758d803..b7f2d3e4 100644
--- a/src/manipulation.js
+++ b/src/manipulation.js
@@ -486,7 +486,8 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	clone: function( elem, dataAndEvents, deepDataAndEvents ) {
 		var clone = elem.cloneNode(true), 
 				srcElements, 
-				destElements;
+				destElements, 
+				i;
 
 		if ( !jQuery.support.noCloneEvent && (elem.nodeType === 1 || elem.nodeType === 11) && !jQuery.isXMLDoc(elem) ) {
 			// IE copies events bound via attachEvent when using cloneNode.
@@ -503,7 +504,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 			// Weird iteration because IE will replace the length property
 			// with an element if you are cloning the body and one of the
 			// elements on the page has a name or id of "length"
-			for ( var i = 0; srcElements[i]; ++i ) {
+			for ( i = 0; srcElements[i]; ++i ) {
 				cloneFixAttributes( srcElements[i], destElements[i] );
 			}
 
@@ -521,7 +522,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 				destElements = clone.getElementsByTagName("*");
 
 				if ( srcElements.length ) {
-					for ( var i = 0; srcElements[i]; ++i ) {
+					for ( i = 0; srcElements[i]; ++i ) {
 						cloneCopyEvent( srcElements[i], destElements[i] );
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/test/unit/manipulation.js b/test/unit/manipulation.js
index a68c214b..739868bd 100644
--- a/test/unit/manipulation.js
+++ b/test/unit/manipulation.js
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ test("jQuery.clone() (#8017)", function() {
 	var main = jQuery("#main")[0],
 			clone = jQuery.clone( main );
 
-	equals( main.children.length, clone.children.length, "Simple child length to ensure a large dom tree copies correctly" );
+	equals( main.childNodes.length, clone.childNodes.length, "Simple child length to ensure a large dom tree copies correctly" );
 });
 
 test("clone()", function() {