diff --git a/lib/do_packages.js b/lib/do_packages.js
index 70cb7f2..5e9e0bf 100644
--- a/lib/do_packages.js
+++ b/lib/do_packages.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var columnsDefaultLong = 'id,name,default,memory,swap,disk';
 var sortDefault = '_groupPlus,memory';
 
 function do_packages(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
+    var i;
     if (opts.help) {
         this.do_help('help', {}, [subcmd], callback);
         return;
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ function do_packages(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
     columns = columns.split(',');
     var rightAligned = {memory: true, disk: true, swap: true,
             vcpus: true, lwps: true};
-    for (var i = 0; i < columns.length; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < columns.length; i++) {
         if (rightAligned[columns[i]]) {
             columns[i] = {lookup: columns[i], align: 'right'};
         }
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ function do_packages(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
         if (opts.json) {
             common.jsonStream(pkgs);
         } else {
-            for (var i = 0; i < pkgs.length; i++) {
+            for (i = 0; i < pkgs.length; i++) {
                 var pkg = pkgs[i];
                 pkg.shortid = pkg.id.split('-', 1)[0];