2 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/access.js b/src/core/access.js
index 2e1eb4121..842c4a42b 100644
--- a/src/core/access.js
+++ b/src/core/access.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 define( [
 	"../core",
+	"../core/toType",
 	"../var/isFunction"
-], function( jQuery, isFunction ) {
+], function( jQuery, toType, isFunction ) {
 
 "use strict";
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var access = function( elems, fn, key, value, chainable, emptyGet, raw ) {
 		bulk = key == null;
 
 	// Sets many values
-	if ( jQuery.type( key ) === "object" ) {
+	if ( toType( key ) === "object" ) {
 		chainable = true;
 		for ( i in key ) {
 			access( elems, fn, i, key[ i ], true, emptyGet, raw );
diff --git a/src/core/toType.js b/src/core/toType.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c77ba95ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/toType.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+define( [
+	"../var/class2type",
+	"../var/toString"
+], function( class2type, toString ) {
+
+"use strict";
+
+function toType( obj ) {
+	if ( obj == null ) {
+		return obj + "";
+	}
+
+	// Support: Android <=2.3 only (functionish RegExp)
+	return typeof obj === "object" || typeof obj === "function" ?
+		class2type[ toString.call( obj ) ] || "object" :
+		typeof obj;
+}
+
+return toType;
+} );