diff --git a/select2.js b/select2.js
index a719f607..6224f8da 100755
--- a/select2.js
+++ b/select2.js
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@
                     self.opts.populateResults.call(this, results, data.results, {term: term, page: page, context:context});
 
                     if (data.more===true) {
-                        more.detach().appendTo(results.children(":last")).text(self.opts.formatLoadMore(page+1));
+                        more.detach().appendTo(results).text(self.opts.formatLoadMore(page+1));
                         window.setTimeout(function() { self.loadMoreIfNeeded(); }, 10);
                     } else {
                         more.remove();
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@
                 self.opts.populateResults.call(this, results, data.results, {term: search.val(), page: this.resultsPage, context:null});
 
                 if (data.more === true && checkFormatter(opts.formatLoadMore, "formatLoadMore")) {
-                    results.children().filter(":last").append("<li class='select2-more-results'>" + escapeMarkup(opts.formatLoadMore(this.resultsPage)) + "</li>");
+                    results.append("<li class='select2-more-results'>" + escapeMarkup(opts.formatLoadMore(this.resultsPage)) + "</li>");
                     window.setTimeout(function() { self.loadMoreIfNeeded(); }, 10);
                 }