diff --git a/js/reveal.js b/js/reveal.js
index 927670cd65e1dcd146953ff6fefc0eafabb69aff..1990e8f45ff4eae1b00429209c75f01cc7f067a3 100644
--- a/js/reveal.js
+++ b/js/reveal.js
@@ -2364,7 +2364,7 @@
 				}
 				// Videos
 				else if ( backgroundVideo ) {
-					var video = dom.wrapper.createElement( 'video' );
+					var video = document.createElement( 'video' );
 
 					// Support comma separated lists of video sources
 					backgroundVideo.split( ',' ).forEach( function( source ) {