diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Zoomify.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Zoomify.js
index 82e3838365..65fefac858 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Zoomify.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Zoomify.js
@@ -87,12 +87,11 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Zoomify = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.Grid, {
     initialize: function(name, url, size, options) {
 
         // initilize the Zoomify pyramid for given size
-        this.initializeZoomify( size );
+        this.initializeZoomify(size);
 
-        var newArguments = [];
-        newArguments.push(name, url, size, {}, options);
-
-        OpenLayers.Layer.Grid.prototype.initialize.apply(this, newArguments);
+        OpenLayers.Layer.Grid.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [
+            name, url, size, {}, options
+        ]);
     },
 
     /**