diff --git a/src/core/ReactEventTopLevelCallback.js b/src/core/ReactEventTopLevelCallback.js
index 689a96c559..fde97acc15 100644
--- a/src/core/ReactEventTopLevelCallback.js
+++ b/src/core/ReactEventTopLevelCallback.js
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ var ReactEventTopLevelCallback = {
       if (!_topLevelListenersEnabled) {
         return;
       }
+      // TODO: Remove when synthetic events are ready, this is for IE<9.
+      if (nativeEvent.srcElement &&
+          nativeEvent.srcElement !== nativeEvent.target) {
+        nativeEvent.target = nativeEvent.srcElement;
+      }
       var topLevelTarget = ReactInstanceHandles.getFirstReactDOM(
         getEventTarget(nativeEvent)
       ) || ExecutionEnvironment.global;
diff --git a/src/core/ReactInstanceHandles.js b/src/core/ReactInstanceHandles.js
index a262af8943..8f26212864 100644
--- a/src/core/ReactInstanceHandles.js
+++ b/src/core/ReactInstanceHandles.js
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ var ReactInstanceHandles = {
    * Traverses up the ancestors of the supplied node to find a node that is a
    * DOM representation of a React component.
    *
-   * @param {?DOMEventTarget} node
+   * @param {*} node
    * @return {?DOMEventTarget}
    * @internal
    */