diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index e6ec3e2ba..6ec57f239 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -437,8 +437,7 @@
    * @returns {*} Returns the result of `func`.
    */
   function apply(func, thisArg, args) {
-    var length = args.length;
-    switch (length) {
+    switch (args.length) {
       case 0: return func.call(thisArg);
       case 1: return func.call(thisArg, args[0]);
       case 2: return func.call(thisArg, args[0], args[1]);
@@ -10105,7 +10104,14 @@
         throw new TypeError(FUNC_ERROR_TEXT);
       }
       return function() {
-        return !predicate.apply(this, arguments);
+        var args = arguments;
+        switch (args.length) {
+          case 0: return !predicate.call(this);
+          case 1: return !predicate.call(this, args[0]);
+          case 2: return !predicate.call(this, args[0], args[1]);
+          case 3: return !predicate.call(this, args[0], args[1], args[2]);
+        }
+        return !predicate.apply(this, args);
       };
     }