diff --git a/lodash.src.js b/lodash.src.js
index 20f0fd6cf..ee05ffa87 100644
--- a/lodash.src.js
+++ b/lodash.src.js
@@ -10676,14 +10676,14 @@
      * }
      */
     function attempt() {
-      var length = arguments.length,
-          func = arguments[0];
+      var func = arguments[0],
+          length = arguments.length,
+          args = Array(length ? length - 1 : 0);
 
+      while (--length > 0) {
+        args[length - 1] = arguments[length];
+      }
       try {
-        var args = Array(length ? length - 1 : 0);
-        while (--length > 0) {
-          args[length - 1] = arguments[length];
-        }
         return func.apply(undefined, args);
       } catch(e) {
         return isError(e) ? e : new Error(e);