diff --git a/modules/juce_core/javascript/juce_Javascript.cpp b/modules/juce_core/javascript/juce_Javascript.cpp
index e74d610d4c..f86ce30023 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/javascript/juce_Javascript.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/javascript/juce_Javascript.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct JavascriptEngine::RootObject   : public DynamicObject
     static bool isNumericOrUndefined (const var& v)  { return v.isInt() || v.isDouble() || v.isInt64() || v.isBool() || v.isUndefined(); }
     static int64 getOctalValue (const String& s)     { BigInteger b; b.parseString (s, 8); return b.toInt64(); }
     static Identifier getPrototypeIdentifier()       { static const Identifier i ("prototype"); return i; }
+    static var* getPropertyPointer (DynamicObject* o, Identifier i)   { return o->getProperties().getVarPointer (i); }
 
     //==============================================================================
     struct CodeLocation
@@ -139,13 +140,13 @@ struct JavascriptEngine::RootObject   : public DynamicObject
         {
             if (DynamicObject* o = targetObject.getDynamicObject())
             {
-                if (var* prop = o->getProperties().getVarPointer (functionName))
+                if (const var* prop = getPropertyPointer (o, functionName))
                     return *prop;
 
                 for (DynamicObject* p = o->getProperty (getPrototypeIdentifier()).getDynamicObject(); p != nullptr;
                      p = p->getProperty (getPrototypeIdentifier()).getDynamicObject())
                 {
-                    if (var* prop = p->getProperties().getVarPointer (functionName))
+                    if (const var* prop = getPropertyPointer (p, functionName))
                         return *prop;
                 }
             }
@@ -168,14 +169,14 @@ struct JavascriptEngine::RootObject   : public DynamicObject
         var* findRootClassProperty (Identifier className, Identifier propName) const
         {
             if (DynamicObject* cls = root->getProperty (className).getDynamicObject())
-                return cls->getProperties().getVarPointer (propName);
+                return getPropertyPointer (cls, propName);
 
             return nullptr;
         }
 
         var findSymbolInParentScopes (Identifier name) const
         {
-            if (var* v = scope->getProperties().getVarPointer (name))
+            if (const var* v = getPropertyPointer (scope, name))
                 return *v;
 
             return parent != nullptr ? parent->findSymbolInParentScopes (name)
@@ -184,13 +185,11 @@ struct JavascriptEngine::RootObject   : public DynamicObject
 
         bool findAndInvokeMethod (Identifier function, const var::NativeFunctionArgs& args, var& result) const
         {
-            const NamedValueSet& props = scope->getProperties();
-
             DynamicObject* target = args.thisObject.getDynamicObject();
 
             if (target == nullptr || target == scope)
             {
-                if (const var* m = props.getVarPointer (function))
+                if (const var* m = getPropertyPointer (scope, function))
                 {
                     if (FunctionObject* fo = dynamic_cast<FunctionObject*> (m->getObject()))
                     {
@@ -200,6 +199,8 @@ struct JavascriptEngine::RootObject   : public DynamicObject
                 }
             }
 
+            const NamedValueSet& props = scope->getProperties();
+
             for (int i = 0; i < props.size(); ++i)
                 if (DynamicObject* o = props.getValueAt (i).getDynamicObject())
                     if (Scope (this, root, o).findAndInvokeMethod (function, args, result))
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ struct JavascriptEngine::RootObject   : public DynamicObject
 
         void assign (const Scope& s, const var& newValue) const override
         {
-            if (var* v = s.scope->getProperties().getVarPointer (name))
+            if (var* v = getPropertyPointer (s.scope, name))
                 *v = newValue;
             else
                 s.root->setProperty (name, newValue);
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ struct JavascriptEngine::RootObject   : public DynamicObject
             }
 
             if (DynamicObject* o = p.getDynamicObject())
-                if (var* v = o->getProperties().getVarPointer (child))
+                if (const var* v = getPropertyPointer (o, child))
                     return *v;
 
             return var::undefined();