diff --git a/src/dom/dom.js b/src/dom/dom.js
index 7b02f64..6f2d12e 100644
--- a/src/dom/dom.js
+++ b/src/dom/dom.js
@@ -1580,8 +1580,9 @@ else if (Prototype.Browser.IE) {
         // Trigger hasLayout on the offset parent so that IE6 reports
         // accurate offsetTop and offsetLeft values for position: fixed.
         var offsetParent = element.getOffsetParent();
-        if (offsetParent && offsetParent.getStyle('position') === 'fixed')
-          offsetParent.setStyle({ zoom: 1 });
+        if (offsetParent.getStyle)
+	        if (offsetParent && offsetParent.getStyle('position') === 'fixed')
+	          offsetParent.setStyle({ zoom: 1 });
         element.setStyle({ position: 'relative' });
         var value = proceed(element);
         element.setStyle({ position: position });
@@ -1592,6 +1593,9 @@ else if (Prototype.Browser.IE) {
 
   Element.Methods.getStyle = function(element, style) {
     element = $(element);
+    if (!element.style)
+    	return null;
+
     style = (style == 'float' || style == 'cssFloat') ? 'styleFloat' : style.camelize();
     var value = element.style[style];
     if (!value && element.currentStyle) value = element.currentStyle[style];