diff --git a/lib/less/browser.js b/lib/less/browser.js
index 0d777fd4..0be96213 100644
--- a/lib/less/browser.js
+++ b/lib/less/browser.js
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ function loadStyleSheet(sheet, callback, reload, remaining) {
     var env = new less.tree.parseEnv(less);
     env.mime = sheet.type;
 
-    loadFile(sheet, env, null, function(e, data, sheet, webInfo, path, newFileInfo) {
+    loadFile(sheet.href, null, function(e, data, path, newFileInfo, webInfo) {
         if (webInfo) {
             webInfo.remaining = remaining;
 
@@ -286,18 +286,18 @@ function loadStyleSheet(sheet, callback, reload, remaining) {
         } else {
             callback(e, null, null, sheet, webInfo, path);
         }
-    }, reload);
+    }, env);
 }
 
-function loadFile(sheet, env, currentFileInfo, callback) {
+function loadFile(originalHref, currentFileInfo, callback, env) {
 
-    if (currentFileInfo && currentFileInfo.currentDirectory && !/^([a-z-]+:)?\//.test(sheet.href)) {
-        sheet.href = currentFileInfo.currentDirectory + sheet.href;
+    if (currentFileInfo && currentFileInfo.currentDirectory && !/^([a-z-]+:)?\//.test(originalHref)) {
+        originalHref = currentFileInfo.currentDirectory + originalHref;
     }
 
     // sheet may be set to the stylesheet for the initial load or a collection of properties including
     // some env variables for imports
-    var hrefParts = extractUrlParts(sheet.href, window.location.href);
+    var hrefParts = extractUrlParts(originalHref, window.location.href);
     var href      = hrefParts.url;
     var newFileInfo = {
             currentDirectory: hrefParts.path,
@@ -324,18 +324,18 @@ function loadFile(sheet, env, currentFileInfo, callback) {
         }
     }
 
-    xhr(href, sheet.type, function (data, lastModified) {
+    xhr(href, env.mime, function (data, lastModified) {
         // Store data this session
         session_cache += data.replace(/@import .+?;/ig, '');
 
         // Use remote copy (re-parse)
         try {
-            callback(null, data, sheet, { lastModified: lastModified }, href, newFileInfo)
+            callback(null, data, href, newFileInfo, { lastModified: lastModified })
         } catch (e) {
-            callback(e, null, sheet);
+            callback(e);
         }
     }, function (status, url) {
-        callback({ type: 'File', message: "'" + url + "' wasn't found (" + status + ")" }, null, sheet);
+        callback({ type: 'File', message: "'" + url + "' wasn't found (" + status + ")" });
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/less/parser.js b/lib/less/parser.js
index 478c78e4..2f919f09 100644
--- a/lib/less/parser.js
+++ b/lib/less/parser.js
@@ -1608,10 +1608,10 @@ if (less.mode === 'browser' || less.mode === 'rhino') {
     //
     less.Parser.fileLoader = function (path, currentFileInfo, callback, env) {
 
-        loadFile({href: path, type: env.mime }, env, currentFileInfo,
-            function (e, data, sheet, webInfo, path, newFileInfo) {
+        loadFile(path, currentFileInfo,
+            function (e, data, path, newFileInfo) {
                 callback(e, data, path, newFileInfo);
-            });
+            }, env);
     };
 }