diff --git a/resources/static/shared/provisioning.js b/resources/static/shared/provisioning.js
index 4fafe695294cd9252da3ef0129d8b1de0bee9c36..8abe10a60de40d0fabee071ace3fa7b5b06228cf 100644
--- a/resources/static/shared/provisioning.js
+++ b/resources/static/shared/provisioning.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ BrowserID.Provisioning = (function() {
     });
 
     chan.bind('genKeyPair', function(trans, s) {
-      var keypair = jwk.KeyPair.generate("DS", BrowserID.KEY_LENGTH);
+      keypair = jwk.KeyPair.generate("DS", BrowserID.KEY_LENGTH);
       return keypair.publicKey.toSimpleObject();
     });