Coldfusion 11 - Cflayout - cflayoutarea - cfinput datefield question

I am in the process of moving a ColdFusion 8 application to ColdFusion 11.

In CF 8 app I  have a page with Cflayout tabs with the source defined tin the cflayoutarea tag with cfinput datefield which works perfectly showing the Datepicker when the calendar icon is clicked.

Now, when I use the same app on CF 11, everything works fine except the Datepicker is not showing no matter what I do. It works if the cfinput datefield is on the first tab, but if it's on any other tab besides the first, it does not work. Anyone have any idea how to make it work? I get the following error in JavaScript:

Unable to get property 'split' of undefined or null reference

cfcalendar.js, line 43 character 1

LINE 43: _206=_205.SPLIT("/");

Appreciate any pointers.

BTW: The datepicker cfinput datefield works fine when the field is not inside the cflayout area.