diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/KML.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/KML.js
index 3d3f6f921c..86dfbb726c 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/KML.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/KML.js
@@ -731,7 +731,8 @@ OpenLayers.Format.KML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
                     }
                     if (this.trackAttributes) {
                         for (var j=0, jj=this.trackAttributes.length; j<jj; ++j) {
-                            feature.attributes[name] = obj.attributes[this.trackAttributes[j]][i];
+                            var name = this.trackAttributes[j];
+                            feature.attributes[name] = obj.attributes[name][i];
                         }
                     }
                     feature.attributes.when = obj.whens[i];