diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/SVGLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/SVGLoader.js
index d996a15ad80b653be85ddd844480ce32b525fd8a..1a6532ccfd4203b6b1bb71f650641e2b6c72df20 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/SVGLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/SVGLoader.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ THREE.SVGLoader.prototype = {
 
 			var doc = parser.parseFromString( svgString, 'image/svg+xml' );  // application/xml
 
-			onLoad( doc.firstChild );
+			onLoad( doc.documentElement );
 
 		}, onProgress, onError );