diff --git a/wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-playlist.js b/wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-playlist.js
index 7c9c23372c..90839a5da6 100644
--- a/wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-playlist.js
+++ b/wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-playlist.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		initialize : function (options) {
 			this.index = 0;
 			this.settings = {};
-			this.data = options.metadata || $.parseJSON( this.$('script').html() );
+			this.data = options.metadata || $.parseJSON( this.$('script.wp-playlist-script').html() );
 			this.playerNode = this.$( this.data.type );
 
 			this.tracks = new Backbone.Collection( this.data.tracks );
diff --git a/wp-includes/media.php b/wp-includes/media.php
index 682da64c34..31a2892f4a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/media.php
+++ b/wp-includes/media.php
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ function wp_playlist_shortcode( $attr ) {
 	}
 	?></ol>
 	</noscript>
-	<script type="application/json"><?php echo json_encode( $data ) ?></script>
+	<script type="application/json" class="wp-playlist-script"><?php echo json_encode( $data ) ?></script>
 </div>
 	<?php
 	return ob_get_clean();