diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSDescribeLayer/v1_1.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSDescribeLayer/v1_1.js
index cd174435a7..f43a159fd1 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSDescribeLayer/v1_1.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSDescribeLayer/v1_1.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer.v1_1 = OpenLayers.Class(
         var root = data.documentElement;
         var children = root.childNodes; 
         var describelayer = [];
+        var childNode, nodeName;
         for(var i=0; i<children.length; ++i) { 
             childNode = children[i];
             nodeName = childNode.nodeName; 
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer.v1_1 = OpenLayers.Class(
                     }
                 }
                 // look for Query child
-                query = childNode.getElementsByTagName('Query');
+                var query = childNode.getElementsByTagName('Query');
                 if(query.length > 0) {
                     typeName = query[0].getAttribute('typeName');
                     if (!typeName) {
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSGetFeatureInfo.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSGetFeatureInfo.js
index 4e1da1ce2a..3b2774a8b3 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSGetFeatureInfo.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSGetFeatureInfo.js
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMSGetFeatureInfo = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
         var attributes = {};
         if (node.nodeType == 1) {
             var children = node.childNodes;
-            n = children.length;
+            var n = children.length;
             for (var i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
                 var child = children[i];
                 if (child.nodeType == 1) {