diff --git a/js/id/ui/radial_menu.js b/js/id/ui/radial_menu.js
index f6277e872..7901ead73 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/radial_menu.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/radial_menu.js
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ iD.ui.RadialMenu = function(context, operations) {
             .attr('class', 'tooltip-inner radial-menu-tooltip');
 
         function mouseover(d, i) {
-            var rect = context.surface().node().getBoundingClientRect(),
+            // Avoid getBoundingClientRect on SVG element; browser implementations
+            // differ: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18153989/
+            var rect = context.surface().node().parentNode.getBoundingClientRect(),
                 angle = a0 + i * a,
                 dx = rect.left - (angle < 0 ? 200 : 0),
                 dy = rect.top;