diff --git a/mithril.js b/mithril.js
index 6e2c727d..9e8505a7 100644
--- a/mithril.js
+++ b/mithril.js
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ var m = (function app(window, undefined) {
 					//handle cases that are properties (but ignore cases where we should use setAttribute instead)
 					//- list and form are typically used as strings, but are DOM element references in js
 					//- when using CSS selectors (e.g. `m("[style='']")`), style is used as a string, but it's an object in js
-					else if (attrName in node && !(attrName == "list" || attrName == "style" || attrName == "form")) {
+					else if (attrName in node && !(attrName == "list" || attrName == "style" || attrName == "form" || attrName == "type")) {
 						//#348 don't set the value if not needed otherwise cursor placement breaks in Chrome
 						if (node[attrName] != dataAttr) node[attrName] = dataAttr
 					}