diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.position.js b/ui/jquery.ui.position.js
index 7d30e4bca..5be90dcfe 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.position.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.position.js
@@ -86,17 +86,13 @@ $.fn.position = function( options ) {
 	// make a copy, we don't want to modify arguments
 	options = $.extend( {}, options );
 
-	var target = $( options.of ),
+	var atOffset, targetWidth, targetHeight, targetOffset, basePosition,
+		target = $( options.of ),
 		within = $.position.getWithinInfo( options.within ),
 		scrollInfo = $.position.getScrollInfo( within ),
 		targetElem = target[0],
 		collision = ( options.collision || "flip" ).split( " " ),
-		offsets = {},
-		atOffset,
-		targetWidth,
-		targetHeight,
-		targetOffset,
-		basePosition;
+		offsets = {};
 
 	if ( targetElem.nodeType === 9 ) {
 		targetWidth = target.width();
@@ -173,7 +169,8 @@ $.fn.position = function( options ) {
 	basePosition.top += atOffset[ 1 ];
 
 	return this.each(function() {
-		var elem = $( this ),
+		var collisionPosition, using,
+			elem = $( this ),
 			elemWidth = elem.outerWidth(),
 			elemHeight = elem.outerHeight(),
 			marginLeft = parseCss( this, "marginLeft" ),
@@ -181,9 +178,7 @@ $.fn.position = function( options ) {
 			collisionWidth = elemWidth + marginLeft + parseCss( this, "marginRight" ) + scrollInfo.width,
 			collisionHeight = elemHeight + marginTop + parseCss( this, "marginBottom" ) + scrollInfo.height,
 			position = $.extend( {}, basePosition ),
-			myOffset = getOffsets( offsets.my, elem.outerWidth(), elem.outerHeight() ),
-			collisionPosition,
-			using;
+			myOffset = getOffsets( offsets.my, elem.outerWidth(), elem.outerHeight() );
 
 		if ( options.my[ 0 ] === "right" ) {
 			position.left -= elemWidth;