diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.forms.textinput.js b/js/jquery.mobile.forms.textinput.js
index b1643bf0..a2d64d10 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.forms.textinput.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.forms.textinput.js
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ $.widget( "mobile.textinput", $.mobile.widget, {
 		if( input.is('[type="search"],[data-type="search"]') ){
 			focusedEl = input.wrap('<div class="ui-input-search ui-shadow-inset ui-btn-corner-all ui-btn-shadow ui-icon-search'+ themeclass +'"></div>').parent();
 			var clearbtn = $('<a href="#" class="ui-input-clear" title="clear text">clear text</a>')
-				.click(function(){
+				.tap(function( e ){
 					input.val('').focus();
 					input.trigger('change'); 
 					clearbtn.addClass('ui-input-clear-hidden');
-					return false;
+					e.preventDefault();
 				})
 				.appendTo(focusedEl)
 				.buttonMarkup({icon: 'delete', iconpos: 'notext', corners:true, shadow:true});