diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/auto-updater.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/auto-updater.coffee
index 1b6c935f34b6..a479f5fccfe5 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/auto-updater.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/auto-updater.coffee
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ switch process.platform
     autoUpdater = require('./auto-updater/auto-updater-win')
   else
     # take the default binding for the current platform
-    autoUpdater = process.atomBinding('auto_updater').autoUpdater
-
-EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
-
-autoUpdater.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
+    autoUpdater  = process.atomBinding('auto_updater').autoUpdater
+    EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
+    autoUpdater.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
 
 autoUpdater.on 'update-downloaded-raw', (args...) ->
   args[3] = new Date(args[3])  # releaseDate