diff --git a/lib/6to5/runtime.js b/lib/6to5/runtime.js
index 5fa34fc7c5..3a2675b3ee 100644
--- a/lib/6to5/runtime.js
+++ b/lib/6to5/runtime.js
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ var t         = require("./types");
 var _         = require("lodash");
 
 module.exports = function (namespace) {
-  var body = [];
-  var container = t.functionExpression(null, [], t.blockStatement(body));
+  namespace = t.identifier(namespace || "to5Runtime");
 
-  var tree = t.program([t.expressionStatement(t.callExpression(container, []))]);
+  var body      = [];
+  var container = t.functionExpression(null, [], t.blockStatement(body));
+  var tree      = t.program([t.expressionStatement(t.callExpression(container, []))]);
 
   body.push(t.variableDeclaration("var", [
     t.variableDeclarator(t.identifier("self"), t.conditionalExpression(
@@ -21,8 +22,6 @@ module.exports = function (namespace) {
     )
   ]));
 
-  var namespace = t.identifier(namespace || "to5Runtime");
-
   body.push(t.variableDeclaration("var", [
     t.variableDeclarator(
       namespace,