diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 51fd9aec7..5fef63a0c 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
   var freeModule = objectTypes[typeof module] && module && !module.nodeType && module;
 
   /** Detect free variable `global` from Node.js or Browserified code and use it as `root` */
-  var freeGlobal = freeExports && freeModule && objectTypes[typeof global] && global;
+  var freeGlobal = freeExports && freeModule && typeof global == 'object' && global;
   if (freeGlobal && (freeGlobal.global === freeGlobal || freeGlobal.window === freeGlobal || freeGlobal.self === freeGlobal)) {
     root = freeGlobal;
   }