diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WPSExecute.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WPSExecute.js
index 257a77c8e6..3acba4d845 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WPSExecute.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WPSExecute.js
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WPSExecute = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
                     creationTime: node.getAttribute("creationTime")
                 };
                 this.readChildNodes(node, obj.status);
-
             },
             "ProcessSucceeded": function(node,obj) {
                 obj.processSucceeded = true;
@@ -359,7 +358,8 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WPSExecute = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
                 
                 // try to get *some* value, ignore the empty text values
                 if (this.isSimpleContent(node)) {
-                    for(var child=node.firstChild; child; child=child.nextSibling) {
+                    var child;
+                    for(child=node.firstChild; child; child=child.nextSibling) {
                         switch(child.nodeType) {
                             case 3: // text node
                             case 4: // cdata section
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WPSExecute = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
                     }
                 }
                 else {
-                    for(var child=node.firstChild; child; child=child.nextSibling) {
+                    for(child=node.firstChild; child; child=child.nextSibling) {
                         if (child.nodeType == 1) {
                             output.complexData.value = child;
                         }