diff --git a/lib/action.php b/lib/action.php
index dc95b030d2..7ef959bc4e 100644
--- a/lib/action.php
+++ b/lib/action.php
@@ -536,8 +536,10 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
      */
     function showPrimaryNav()
     {
+        $this->elementStart('div', array('id' => 'site_nav_global_primary'));
         $pn = new PrimaryNav($this);
         $pn->show();
+        $this->elementEnd('div');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/lib/primarynav.php b/lib/primarynav.php
index 296328d8bd..7748d7a1c7 100644
--- a/lib/primarynav.php
+++ b/lib/primarynav.php
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ class PrimaryNav extends Menu
     function show()
     {
         $user = common_current_user();
-        $this->action->elementStart('ul', array('class' => 'nav',
-                                        'id' => 'site_nav_global_primary'));
+        $this->action->elementStart('ul', array('class' => 'nav'));
         if (Event::handle('StartPrimaryNav', array($this->action))) {
             if (!empty($user)) {
                 $this->action->menuItem(common_local_url('profilesettings'),