diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/media/js/prepopulate.js b/django/contrib/admin/media/js/prepopulate.js
index 09483bbf04..24f24f95a8 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/media/js/prepopulate.js
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/media/js/prepopulate.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
             Depends on urlify.js
             Populates a selected field with the values of the dependent fields,
             URLifies and shortens the string. 
-            dependencies - selected jQuery object of dependent fields
+            dependencies - array of dependent fields id's 
             maxLength - maximum length of the URLify'd string 
         */
         return this.each(function() {
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@
                 if (field.data('_changed') == true) return;
  
                 var values = [];
-                dependencies.each(function() {
-                    if ($(this).val().length > 0) {
-                        values.push($(this).val());
-                    }
-                });
+                $.each(dependencies, function(i, field) {
+                  if ($(field).val().length > 0) {
+                      values.push($(field).val());
+                  }
+                })
                 field.val(URLify(values.join(' '), maxLength));
             };
 
-            dependencies.keyup(populate).change(populate).focus(populate);
+            $(dependencies.join(',')).keyup(populate).change(populate).focus(populate);
         });
     };
 })(django.jQuery);
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/media/js/prepopulate.min.js b/django/contrib/admin/media/js/prepopulate.min.js
index f1ca297b80..98fdc93d2f 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/media/js/prepopulate.min.js
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/media/js/prepopulate.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-(function(b){b.fn.prepopulate=function(d,f){return this.each(function(){var a=b(this);a.data("_changed",false);a.change(function(){a.data("_changed",true)});var c=function(){if(a.data("_changed")!=true){var e=[];d.each(function(){b(this).val().length>0&&e.push(b(this).val())});a.val(URLify(e.join(" "),f))}};d.keyup(c).change(c).focus(c)})}})(django.jQuery);
+(function(a){a.fn.prepopulate=function(d,g){return this.each(function(){var b=a(this);b.data("_changed",false);b.change(function(){b.data("_changed",true)});var c=function(){if(b.data("_changed")!=true){var e=[];a.each(d,function(h,f){a(f).val().length>0&&e.push(a(f).val())});b.val(URLify(e.join(" "),g))}};a(d.join(",")).keyup(c).change(c).focus(c)})}})(django.jQuery);
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diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/stacked.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/stacked.html
index 1ecb790b5e..f1e338f9a6 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/stacked.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/stacked.html
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@
                 var field = $(this);
                 var input = field.find('input, select, textarea');
                 var dependency_list = input.data('dependency_list') || [];
-                var dependencies = row.find(dependency_list.join(',')).find('input, select, textarea');
+                var dependencies = [];
+                $.each(dependency_list, function(i, field_name) {
+                  dependencies.push('#' + row.find(field_name).find('input, select, textarea').attr('id'));
+                });
                 if (dependencies.length) {
                     input.prepopulate(dependencies, input.attr('maxlength'));
                 }
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/tabular.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/tabular.html
index 35dea391af..a5b1a899f5 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/tabular.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/tabular.html
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@
                 var field = $(this);
                 var input = field.find('input, select, textarea');
                 var dependency_list = input.data('dependency_list') || [];
-                var dependencies = row.find(dependency_list.join(',')).find('input, select, textarea');
+                var dependencies = [];
+                $.each(dependency_list, function(i, field_name) {
+                  dependencies.push('#' + row.find(field_name).find('input, select, textarea').attr('id'));
+                });
                 if (dependencies.length) {
                     input.prepopulate(dependencies, input.attr('maxlength'));
                 }
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/prepopulated_fields_js.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/prepopulated_fields_js.html
index 4aa6380313..43ef5ba071 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/prepopulated_fields_js.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/prepopulated_fields_js.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
     $('.empty-form .{{ field.field.name }}').addClass('prepopulated_field');
     $(field.id).data('dependency_list', field['dependency_list'])
-               .prepopulate($(field['dependency_ids'].join(',')), field.maxLength);
+               .prepopulate(field['dependency_ids'], field.maxLength);
 {% endfor %}
 })(django.jQuery);
 </script>