diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 9bb98969d..26ed30f94 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -11433,7 +11433,7 @@
      * // => false
      */
     function isElement(value) {
-      return value != null && value.nodeType === 1 && isObjectLike(value) && !isPlainObject(value);
+      return isObjectLike(value) && value.nodeType === 1 && !isPlainObject(value);
     }
 
     /**