diff --git a/src/enhanced-button.jsx b/src/enhanced-button.jsx
index 93ab00d8414ba7..9f5fa672023ce5 100644
--- a/src/enhanced-button.jsx
+++ b/src/enhanced-button.jsx
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ const EnhancedButton = React.createClass({
 
     return React.isValidElement(containerElement) ?
       React.cloneElement(containerElement, buttonProps, buttonChildren) :
-      React.createElement(linkButton ? 'a' : containerElement, buttonProps, buttonChildren);
+      React.createElement(linkButton ? 'span' : containerElement, buttonProps, buttonChildren);
 
   },