diff --git a/jquery-ui-scrollable.js b/jquery-ui-scrollable.js
index 4338abd..08728ad 100644
--- a/jquery-ui-scrollable.js
+++ b/jquery-ui-scrollable.js
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
                   top: this.container.scrollTop(),
                   left: this.container.scrollLeft()
                },
-             elem = this.element.offset(),
+             elem = this.element.position(),
              ofs = $.extend({}, this.options.offset),
              width = this.container.width(),
              height = this.container.height(),