diff --git a/js/grid.base.js b/js/grid.base.js
index 2edca2629..7facd8d29 100644
--- a/js/grid.base.js
+++ b/js/grid.base.js
@@ -5299,7 +5299,7 @@ $.fn.jqGrid = function( pin ) {
 		ts.p.sortorder = ts.p.sortorder.toLowerCase();
 		$.jgrid.cell_width = $.jgrid.cellWidth();
 		// calculate cellLayout
-		var bstw2 = $("<table style='visibility:hidden'><tr class='jqgrow'><td>1</td></tr></table)").addClass(getstyle(stylemodule,"rowTable", true, 'ui-jqgrid-btable ui-common-table'));
+		var bstw2 = $("<table style='visibility:hidden'><tr class='jqgrow'><td>1</td></tr></table>").addClass(getstyle(stylemodule,"rowTable", true, 'ui-jqgrid-btable ui-common-table'));
 		$(eg).append(bstw2);
 		ts.p.cellLayout = $.jgrid.floatNum( $("td", bstw2).css('padding-left')) + $.jgrid.floatNum($("td", bstw2).css('padding-right'), 10) + 1;
 		if(ts.p.cellLayout <=0 ) {