diff --git a/js/widgets/listview.autodividers.js b/js/widgets/listview.autodividers.js
index c262a26cc5a..977648a2c44 100644
--- a/js/widgets/listview.autodividers.js
+++ b/js/widgets/listview.autodividers.js
@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@ $.widget( "mobile.listview", $.mobile.listview, {
 		autodividersSelector: defaultAutodividersSelector
 	},
 
-	_afterListviewRefresh: function() {
-		var el = this.element;
-		this._off( el, "listviewafterrefresh" );
-		this._replaceDividers();
-		this.refresh();
-		this._on( el, { listviewafterrefresh: "_afterListviewRefresh" } );
+	_beforeListviewRefresh: function() {
+		if ( this.options.autodividers ) {
+			this._replaceDividers();
+			this._superApply( arguments );
+		}
 	},
 
 	_replaceDividers: function() {
@@ -40,9 +39,9 @@ $.widget( "mobile.listview", $.mobile.listview, {
 			list = this.element,
 			divider;
 
-		list.find( "li:jqmData(role='list-divider')" ).remove();
+		list.children( "li:jqmData(role='list-divider')" ).remove();
 
-		lis = list.find( "li" );
+		lis = list.children( "li" );
 
 		for ( i = 0; i < lis.length ; i++ ) {
 			li = lis[ i ];
@@ -57,16 +56,6 @@ $.widget( "mobile.listview", $.mobile.listview, {
 
 			lastDividerText = dividerText;
 		}
-	},
-
-	_create: function() {
-		this._super();
-
-		if ( !this.options.autodividers ) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		this._afterListviewRefresh();
 	}
 });
 
diff --git a/js/widgets/listview.hidedividers.js b/js/widgets/listview.hidedividers.js
index efe1b42bac0..fe67f2f7bcc 100644
--- a/js/widgets/listview.hidedividers.js
+++ b/js/widgets/listview.hidedividers.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ $.widget( "mobile.listview", $.mobile.listview, {
 		hidedividers: false
 	},
 
-	refresh: function() {
+	_afterListviewRefresh: function() {
 		var items, idx, item, hideDivider = true;
 
 		this._superApply( arguments );
diff --git a/js/widgets/listview.js b/js/widgets/listview.js
index 850e4f0a13a..15f587d29cb 100644
--- a/js/widgets/listview.js
+++ b/js/widgets/listview.js
@@ -79,13 +79,15 @@ $.widget( "mobile.listview", $.extend( {
 		return $( results );
 	},
 
+	_beforeListviewRefresh: $.noop,
+	_afterListviewRefresh: $.noop,
+
 	refresh: function( create ) {
 		var buttonClass, pos, numli, item, itemClass, itemTheme, itemIcon, icon, a,
 			isDivider, startCount, newStartCount, value, last, splittheme, splitThemeClass, spliticon,
-			altButtonClass, dividerTheme,
+			altButtonClass, dividerTheme, li,
 			o = this.options,
 			$list = this.element,
-			li = this._getChildrenByTagName( $list[ 0 ], "li", "LI" ),
 			ol = !!$.nodeName( $list[ 0 ], "ol" ),
 			start = $list.attr( "start" ),
 			itemClassDict = {},
@@ -103,6 +105,10 @@ $.widget( "mobile.listview", $.extend( {
 			$list.css( "counter-reset", "listnumbering " + startCount );
 		}
 
+		this._beforeListviewRefresh();
+
+		li = this._getChildrenByTagName( $list[ 0 ], "li", "LI" );
+
 		for ( pos = 0, numli = li.length; pos < numli; pos++ ) {
 			item = li.eq( pos );
 			itemClass = "";
@@ -193,9 +199,9 @@ $.widget( "mobile.listview", $.extend( {
 		this._addThumbClasses( li );
 		this._addThumbClasses( li.find( ".ui-btn" ) );
 
+		this._afterListviewRefresh();
+
 		this._addFirstLastClasses( li, this._getVisibles( li, create ), create );
-		// autodividers binds to this to redraw dividers after the listview refresh
-		this._trigger( "afterrefresh" );
 	}
 }, $.mobile.behaviors.addFirstLastClasses ) );