diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GML.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GML.js
index 47b4f64638..4a72044dc3 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GML.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GML.js
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format, {
             while (nums[nums.length-1] == "") 
                 nums.pop();
             
-            for(i = 0; i < nums.length; i = i + this.dim) {
+            for(var i = 0; i < nums.length; i = i + this.dim) {
                 x = parseFloat(nums[i]);
                 y = parseFloat(nums[i+1]);
                 p.points.push(new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(x, y));
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WFS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WFS.js
index 5f3d526e73..265a29a945 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WFS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WFS.js
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.WFS = OpenLayers.Class(
             this.commitReport('WFS Transaction: SUCCESS', response);
             
             for(var i = 0; i < this.features.length; i++) {
-                i.state = null;
+                this.features[i].state = null;
             }    
             // TBD redraw the layer or reset the state of features
             // foreach features: set state to null
diff --git a/tests/Format/test_GML.html b/tests/Format/test_GML.html
index 2d08ee7cc2..eba312def1 100644
--- a/tests/Format/test_GML.html
+++ b/tests/Format/test_GML.html
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@
         t.eq(data[0].fid, '221', 'fid on polygons set correctly (with whitespace)');
         t.eq(data[1].fid, '8', 'fid on linestrings set correctly with whitespace'); 
     }
+    function test_Format_GML_no_clobber(t) { 
+        t.plan(1); 
+        var parser = new OpenLayers.Format.GML(); 
+        data = parser.read(test_content); 
+        t.eq(window.i, undefined,
+             "i is undefined in window scope after reading."); 
+    }
     // --> 
     </script> 
 </head>