effect('highlight') produces exception in chrome on detached object

chrome version: Chromium 5.0.372.0 (44042) Ubuntu

code to reproduce:

var element = $('#some-existing-id');

element.detach();

element.effect('highlight');

This code produces uncaught exception:

Cannot get property 0 of undefined.

On every other browser we the following behavior: since item is not visible on the page nothing happens.

Workaround: check if element is visible before calling effect

if (item.is(':visible')) {

...

}