diff --git a/lib/less/browser.js b/lib/less/browser.js
index 7ec12b2f..8a277360 100644
--- a/lib/less/browser.js
+++ b/lib/less/browser.js
@@ -43,31 +43,33 @@ if (less.env === 'development') {
 
 function loadStyleSheets(callback) {
     for (var i = 0; i < sheets.length; i++) {
-        (function (sheet) { // Because the functions here are async, we need to create a closure
-            var css = typeof(localStorage) !== "undefined" && localStorage.getItem(sheet.href);
-            var styles = css && JSON.parse(css);
+        loadStyleSheet(sheets[i], callback);
+    }
+}
 
-            xhr(sheet.href, function (data, lastModified) {
-                if (styles && (new(Date)(lastModified).valueOf() ===
-                               new(Date)(styles.timestamp).valueOf())) {
-                    // Use local copy
-                    createCSS(styles.css, sheet);
-                    callback(sheet, {local: true})
-                } else {
-                    // Use remote copy (re-parse)
-                    new(less.Parser)({ optimization: 3 }).parse(data, function (e, root) {
-                        if (e) { return error(e, sheet.href) }
-                        try {
-                            createCSS(root.toCSS(), sheet, lastModified);
-                            callback(sheet, {local: false})
-                        } catch (e) {
-                            error(e, sheet.href);
-                        }
-                    });
+function loadStyleSheet(sheet, callback) {
+    var css = typeof(localStorage) !== "undefined" && localStorage.getItem(sheet.href);
+    var styles = css && JSON.parse(css);
+
+    xhr(sheet.href, function (data, lastModified) {
+        if (styles && (new(Date)(lastModified).valueOf() ===
+                       new(Date)(styles.timestamp).valueOf())) {
+            // Use local copy
+            createCSS(styles.css, sheet);
+            callback(sheet, {local: true})
+        } else {
+            // Use remote copy (re-parse)
+            new(less.Parser)({ optimization: 3 }).parse(data, function (e, root) {
+                if (e) { return error(e, sheet.href) }
+                try {
+                    createCSS(root.toCSS(), sheet, lastModified);
+                    callback(sheet, {local: false})
+                } catch (e) {
+                    error(e, sheet.href);
                 }
             });
-        })(sheets[i]);
-    }
+        }
+    });
 }
 
 function createCSS(styles, sheet, lastModified) {