diff --git a/plugins/dojo/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts2/static/dojo/struts/widget/Bind.js b/plugins/dojo/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts2/static/dojo/struts/widget/Bind.js
index 8da9148ae..bb9af8f56 100644
--- a/plugins/dojo/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts2/static/dojo/struts/widget/Bind.js
+++ b/plugins/dojo/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts2/static/dojo/struts/widget/Bind.js
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ dojo.widget.defineWidget(
       }
     }
 
-    if(dojo.string.isBlank(this.href) && dojo.string.isBlank(this.formId)) {
-      //no href and no formId, we must be inside a form
+    if(dojo.string.isBlank(this.formId)) {
+      //no formId, see if we are inside a form
       this.formNode = dojo.dom.getFirstAncestorByTag(this.domNode, "form");
     } else {
       this.formNode = dojo.byId(this.formId);
@@ -117,10 +117,6 @@ dojo.widget.defineWidget(
     if(this.formNode && dojo.string.isBlank(this.href)) {
       this.href = this.formNode.action;
     }
-
-    if(!dojo.string.isBlank(this.formId)) {
-      this.formNode = dojo.byId(this.formId);
-    }
   },
 
   highlight : function() {