diff --git a/src/jquery.mask.js b/src/jquery.mask.js
index 7e0216cb..54f171c9 100755
--- a/src/jquery.mask.js
+++ b/src/jquery.mask.js
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@
 
     var globals = {
         maskElements: 'input,td,span,div',
-        dataMaskAttr: '*[data-mask]',
+        dataMaskAttr: '[data-mask]',
         dataMask: true,
         watchInterval: 300,
         watchInputs: true,