diff --git a/apps/files/js/filelist.js b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
index 70c3332ccaf885c251a5ab0e4f5ab5fd57bbed7d..b1e9a885063e735d1f394a0750c4922bce4ebbb7 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/filelist.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
@@ -320,9 +320,9 @@ var FileList={
 		}
 		for (var i=0; i<files.length; i++) {
 			var deleteAction = $('tr').filterAttr('data-file',files[i]).children("td.date").children(".action.delete");
-			var oldHTML = deleteAction[0].outerHTML;
+			var oldHTML = deleteAction.html();
 			var newHTML = '<img class="move2trash" data-action="Delete" title="'+t('files', 'perform delete operation')+'" src="'+ OC.imagePath('core', 'loading.gif') +'"></a>';
-			deleteAction[0].outerHTML = newHTML;
+			deleteAction.html(newHTML);
 		}
 		// Finish any existing actions
 		if (FileList.lastAction) {
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ var FileList={
 					} else {
 						$.each(files,function(index,file) {
 							var deleteAction = $('tr').filterAttr('data-file',file).children("td.date").children(".move2trash");
-							deleteAction[0].outerHTML = oldHTML;
+							deleteAction.html(oldHTML);
 						});
 					}
 				});