diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
index 8f63230b8..a714331c7 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.txt
+++ b/AUTHORS.txt
@@ -171,3 +171,4 @@ Jason Bedard <jason+jquery@jbedard.ca>
 Kyle Robinson Young <kyle@dontkry.com>
 Chris Talkington <chris@talkingtontech.com>
 Jason Merino <jasonmerino@gmail.com>
+Terry Jones <terry@jon.es>
diff --git a/src/deferred.js b/src/deferred.js
index 0efc05dc3..3c0edc038 100644
--- a/src/deferred.js
+++ b/src/deferred.js
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 					var fns = arguments;
 					return jQuery.Deferred(function( newDefer ) {
 						jQuery.each( tuples, function( i, tuple ) {
-							var action = tuple[ 0 ],
-								fn = jQuery.isFunction( fns[ i ] ) && fns[ i ];
+							var fn = jQuery.isFunction( fns[ i ] ) && fns[ i ];
 							// deferred[ done | fail | progress ] for forwarding actions to newDefer
 							deferred[ tuple[1] ](function() {
 								var returned = fn && fn.apply( this, arguments );
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 										.fail( newDefer.reject )
 										.progress( newDefer.notify );
 								} else {
-									newDefer[ action + "With" ]( this === promise ? newDefer.promise() : this, fn ? [ returned ] : arguments );
+									newDefer[ tuple[ 0 ] + "With" ]( this === promise ? newDefer.promise() : this, fn ? [ returned ] : arguments );
 								}
 							});
 						});