diff --git a/modules/renderer/background_source.js b/modules/renderer/background_source.js
index 7e7fc7019..5fbbfca8a 100644
--- a/modules/renderer/background_source.js
+++ b/modules/renderer/background_source.js
@@ -345,15 +345,14 @@ rendererBackgroundSource.Esri = function(data) {
 
                     cache[tileId].metadata = metadata;
                     return callback(null, metadata);
-
-
-                    function clean(val) {
-                        return String(val).trim() || unknown;
-                    }
-
                 }
             });
         }
+
+
+        function clean(val) {
+            return String(val).trim() || unknown;
+        }
     };
 
     return esri;