I don't know the answer to you literal question but, of course, if you file jointly the issue is moot as the two of you file as a single "tax unit."
The IRS discusses joint filing in your circumstances:
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Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resident
Election to File Joint Return
If, at the end of your tax year, you are married and one spouse is a U.S. citizen or a resident alien and the other is a nonresident alien, you can choose to treat the nonresident as a U.S. resident. This includes situations in which one of you is a nonresident alien at the beginning of the tax year, but a resident alien at the end of the year, and the other is a nonresident alien at the end of the year.
If you make this choice, the following rules apply:
You and your spouse are treated, for federal income tax purposes, as residents for all tax years that the choice is in effect. You and your spouse are treated as residents for your entire tax year for the purpose of your federal individual income tax return, and for the purpose of withholding federal income tax from your wages. However, you may still be treated as a nonresident alien for the purpose of withholding Social Security and Medicare tax. Refer to Aliens Employed in the U.S. – Social Security Taxes
You must file a joint income tax return for the year you make the choice (but you and your spouse can file joint or separate returns in later years), and
Each spouse must report his or her entire worldwide income on the joint income tax return.
Generally, neither you nor your spouse can claim tax treaty benefits as a resident of a foreign country for a tax year for which the choice is in effect. However, the exception to the saving clause of a particular tax treaty might allow a resident alien to claim a tax treaty benefit on certain specified income.
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