diff --git a/test/spec/ol/format/wfsformat.test.js b/test/spec/ol/format/wfsformat.test.js
index 6fdd6ecdbd..89cf3e4aae 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/format/wfsformat.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/format/wfsformat.test.js
@@ -330,10 +330,9 @@ describe('ol.format.WFS', function() {
 
 
   describe('when writing out a Transaction request', function() {
-    var text;
-    before(function(done) {
-      afterLoadText('spec/ol/format/wfs/TransactionUpdateMultiGeoms.xml', 
-        function(xml) {
+    var text, filename = 'spec/ol/format/wfs/TransactionUpdateMultiGeoms.xml';
+    before(function (done) {
+      afterLoadText(filename, function (xml) {
           text = xml;
           done();
         }