diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.listview.js b/js/jquery.mobile.listview.js
index 703bcf40cce..d7238e8147b 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.listview.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.listview.js
@@ -87,7 +87,13 @@ $.widget( "mobile.listview", $.mobile.widget, {
 				.addClass( "ui-corner-top" );
 
 			$topli.add( $topli.find( ".ui-btn-inner" ) )
-				.find( ".ui-li-link-alt" )
+					// exclude the ui-btn-inner span in split lists
+					.not( ".ui-li-link-alt span:first-child" ) )
+				// give the glowing top-border a radius
+				.addClass( "ui-corner-top" )
+				.end()
+				// include the first span in split lists for border-right-radius setting
+				.find( ".ui-li-link-alt, .ui-li-link-alt span:first-child" )
 					.addClass( "ui-corner-tr" )
 				.end()
 				.find( ".ui-li-thumb" )