diff --git a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
index dcdcc5d7..3a1b71af 100644
--- a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
+++ b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@
 		function _fnBuildHead( oSettings )
 		{
 			var i, nTh, iLen, j, jLen;
-			var iThs = oSettings.nTHead.getElementsByTagName('th').length;
+			var iThs = $('th, td', oSettings.nTHead).length;
 			var iCorrector = 0;
 			var jqChildren;
 			
@@ -1835,7 +1835,7 @@
 						}
 					}
 					nCell = nCell.nextSibling;
-		               }
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		
diff --git a/media/src/core/core.draw.js b/media/src/core/core.draw.js
index f4436ea6..04ee2a5d 100644
--- a/media/src/core/core.draw.js
+++ b/media/src/core/core.draw.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function _fnCreateTr ( oSettings, iRow )
 function _fnBuildHead( oSettings )
 {
 	var i, nTh, iLen, j, jLen;
-	var iThs = oSettings.nTHead.getElementsByTagName('th').length;
+	var iThs = $('th, td', oSettings.nTHead).length;
 	var iCorrector = 0;
 	var jqChildren;
 	
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ function _fnDetectHeader ( aLayout, nThead )
 				}
 			}
 			nCell = nCell.nextSibling;
-               }
+		}
 	}
 }