diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 53597bb7..9c8c0cf3 100755
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ version: 3.2
 function format(state) {
     var originalOption = state.element;
 
-    return "<img class='flag' src='images/flags/" + state.id.toLowerCase() + ".png' alt='" + originalOption.data('foo') + "' />" + state.text;
+    return "<img class='flag' src='images/flags/" + state.id.toLowerCase() + ".png' alt='" + $(originalOption).data('foo') + "' />" + state.text;
 }
             </pre>
     </div>
diff --git a/select2-latest.html b/select2-latest.html
index 09afb6a6..13441398 100755
--- a/select2-latest.html
+++ b/select2-latest.html
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ $("#e2_2").select2({
 function format(state) {
     var originalOption = state.element;
 
-    return "&lt;img class='flag' src='images/flags/" + state.id.toLowerCase() + ".png' alt='" + originalOption.data('foo') + "' /&gt;" + state.text;
+    return "&lt;img class='flag' src='images/flags/" + state.id.toLowerCase() + ".png' alt='" + $(originalOption).data('foo') + "' /&gt;" + state.text;
 }
             </pre>
          </div>