diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
index e568871a96..ea7764c8dd 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ OpenLayers.Map.prototype = {
     initialize: function (div, options) {
         Object.extend(this, options);
 
-        this.div = div;
+        this.div = $(div);
 
         this.viewPortDiv = OpenLayers.Util.createDiv(
                                 div.id + "_OpenLayers_ViewPort" );
diff --git a/tests/test_Map.html b/tests/test_Map.html
index 242c1ce17c..3e2d0dc4da 100644
--- a/tests/test_Map.html
+++ b/tests/test_Map.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     function test_01_Map_constructor (t) {
         t.plan( 12 );
         
-        map = new OpenLayers.Map($('map'));
+        map = new OpenLayers.Map('map'); // no longer need to call $(), constructor does it
         t.ok( map instanceof OpenLayers.Map, "new OpenLayers.Map returns object" );
         t.ok( map.div instanceof HTMLDivElement, "map.div is an HTMLDivElement" );
         t.ok( map.controlDiv instanceof HTMLDivElement, "map.controlDiv is an HTMLDivElement" );