diff --git a/lib/process-release.js b/lib/process-release.js
index ea7e87e5e2..0836ce73eb 100644
--- a/lib/process-release.js
+++ b/lib/process-release.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ function processRelease (argv, gyp, defaultVersion, defaultRelease) {
     , baseUrl
     , libUrl32
     , libUrl64
+    , tarballUrl
 
   if (!versionSemver) {
     // not a valid semver string, nothing we can do
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ function processRelease (argv, gyp, defaultVersion, defaultRelease) {
   } else {
     // old node or alternative --target=
     // semver.satisfies() doesn't like prerelease tags so test major directly
-    isIojs = versionSemver.major >= 1 & versionSemver.major < 4
+    isIojs = versionSemver.major >= 1 && versionSemver.major < 4
     name = isIojs ? 'iojs' : 'node'
   }