diff --git a/tests/unit/button/button_tickets.js b/tests/unit/button/button_tickets.js
index 5c5053ded55..79bbfeb5c0a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/button/button_tickets.js
+++ b/tests/unit/button/button_tickets.js
@@ -20,4 +20,26 @@ test( "#6262 - buttonset not applying ui-corner to invisible elements", function
 	ok( set.find( "label:eq(2)" ).is( ".ui-button.ui-corner-right" ) );
 });
 
+test( "#7092 - button creation that requires a matching label does not find label in all cases", function() {
+	var group = $( "<span><label for='t7092a'/><input type='checkbox' id='t7092a'/></span>" );
+	group.find( "input:checkbox" ).button();
+	ok( group.find( "label" ).is( ".ui-button" ) );
+
+	group = $( "<input type='checkbox' id='t7092b'/><label for='t7092b'/>" );
+	group.filter( "input:checkbox" ).button();
+	ok( group.filter( "label" ).is( ".ui-button" ) );
+
+	group = $( "<span><input type='checkbox' id='t7092c'/></span><label for='t7092c'/>" );
+	group.find( "input:checkbox" ).button();
+	ok( group.filter( "label" ).is( ".ui-button" ) );
+
+	group = $( "<span><input type='checkbox' id='t7092d'/></span><span><label for='t7092d'/></span>" );
+	group.find( "input:checkbox" ).button();
+	ok( group.find( "label" ).is( ".ui-button" ) );
+
+	group = $( "<input type='checkbox' id='t7092e'/><span><label for='t7092e'/></span>" );
+	group.filter( "input:checkbox" ).button();
+	ok( group.find( "label" ).is( ".ui-button" ) );
+});
+
 })( jQuery );
diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.button.js b/ui/jquery.ui.button.js
index 134dae3d370..9cf8974b209 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.button.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.button.js
@@ -201,8 +201,16 @@ $.widget( "ui.button", {
 		if ( this.type === "checkbox" || this.type === "radio" ) {
 			// we don't search against the document in case the element
 			// is disconnected from the DOM
-			this.buttonElement = this.element.parents().last()
-				.find( "label[for=" + this.element.attr("id") + "]" );
+			var ancestor = this.element.parents().last(),
+				labelSelector = "label[for=" + this.element.attr("id") + "]";
+			this.buttonElement = ancestor.find( labelSelector );
+			if ( !this.buttonElement.length ) {
+				ancestor = ancestor.length ? ancestor.siblings() : this.element.siblings();
+				this.buttonElement = ancestor.filter( labelSelector );
+				if ( !this.buttonElement.length ) {
+					this.buttonElement = ancestor.find( labelSelector );
+				}
+			}
 			this.element.addClass( "ui-helper-hidden-accessible" );
 
 			var checked = this.element.is( ":checked" );