Use origSettings.context unless it's undefined; for that case use merged settings...

diff --git a/src/ajax.js b/src/ajax.js
index a9e13a8..5d93af6 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ajax.js
+++ b/src/ajax.js
@@ -207,7 +207,9 @@ jQuery.extend({
                        jsonp, status, data, type = s.type.toUpperCase();
 
                s.url = s.url.replace( rhash, "" );
-               s.context = origSettings && origSettings.context || s;
+
+               // Use original (not extended) context object if it was provided
+               s.context = origSettings && origSettings.context != null ? origSettings.context : s;
 
                // convert data if not already a string
                if ( s.data && s.processData && typeof s.data !== "string" ) {