diff --git a/src/nodes.coffee b/src/nodes.coffee
index 94afb73d..e8bfc3d1 100644
--- a/src/nodes.coffee
+++ b/src/nodes.coffee
@@ -1892,11 +1892,10 @@ exports.Try = class Try extends Base
   # is optional, the *catch* is not.
   compileNode: (o) ->
     o.indent  += TAB
-    scope     = o.scope
     tryPart   = @attempt.compileToFragments o, LEVEL_TOP
 
     catchPart = if @recovery
-      generatedErrorVariableName = scope.freeVariable 'error'
+      generatedErrorVariableName = o.scope.freeVariable 'error'
       placeholder = new Literal generatedErrorVariableName
       @recovery.unshift new Assign @errorVariable, placeholder if @errorVariable
       [].concat @makeCode(" catch ("), placeholder.compileToFragments(o), @makeCode(") {\n"),