diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 10ee40f9d..c27638b24 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -1657,6 +1657,30 @@
       return new LodashWrapper(value);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The base implementation of `_.create` without support for assigning
+     * properties to the created object.
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @param {Object} proto The object to inherit from.
+     * @returns {Object} Returns the new object.
+     */
+    var baseCreate = (function() {
+      function object() {}
+      return function(proto) {
+        if (!isObject(proto)) {
+          return {};
+        }
+        if (objectCreate) {
+          return objectCreate(proto);
+        }
+        object.prototype = prototype;
+        var result = new object;
+        object.prototype = undefined;
+        return result;
+      };
+    }());
+
     /**
      * The function whose prototype chain sequence wrappers inherit from.
      *
@@ -2690,18 +2714,6 @@
       return true;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * The base implementation of `_.create` without support for assigning
-     * properties to the created object.
-     *
-     * @private
-     * @param {Object} prototype The object to inherit from.
-     * @returns {Object} Returns the new object.
-     */
-    function baseCreate(proto) {
-      return isObject(proto) ? objectCreate(proto) : {};
-    }
-
     /**
      * The base implementation of `_.delay` and `_.defer` which accepts `args`
      * to provide to `func`.