diff --git a/media/src/api/api.static.js b/media/src/api/api.static.js
index 18af89d0..dad5e137 100644
--- a/media/src/api/api.static.js
+++ b/media/src/api/api.static.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /**
  * Provide a common method for plug-ins to check the version of DataTables being used, in order
  * to ensure compatibility.
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ DataTable.fnVersionCheck = function( sVersion )
 {
 	var aThis = DataTable.ext.sVersion.split('.');
 	var aThat = sVersion.split('.');
-	var iThis, sThat;
+	var iThis, iThat;
 	
 	for ( var i=0, iLen=aThat.length ; i<iLen ; i++ ){
 		iThis = parseInt( aThis[i], 10 ) || 0;
diff --git a/media/src/core/core.filter.js b/media/src/core/core.filter.js
index c6c47e9a..5299c6af 100644
--- a/media/src/core/core.filter.js
+++ b/media/src/core/core.filter.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 
-
 /**
  * Generate the node required for filtering text
  *  @returns {node} Filter control element
@@ -336,22 +335,19 @@ function _fnBuildSearchRow( oSettings, aData )
  */
 function _fnFilterCreateSearch( sSearch, bRegex, bSmart, bCaseInsensitive )
 {
-	var asSearch, sRegExpString;
+	var asSearch,
+		sRegExpString = bRegex ? sSearch : _fnEscapeRegex( sSearch );
 	
 	if ( bSmart )
 	{
 		/* Generate the regular expression to use. Something along the lines of:
 		 * ^(?=.*?\bone\b)(?=.*?\btwo\b)(?=.*?\bthree\b).*$
 		 */
-		asSearch = bRegex ? sSearch.split( ' ' ) : _fnEscapeRegex( sSearch ).split( ' ' );
+		asSearch = sRegExpString.split( ' ' );
 		sRegExpString = '^(?=.*?'+asSearch.join( ')(?=.*?' )+').*$';
-		return new RegExp( sRegExpString, bCaseInsensitive ? "i" : "" );
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		sSearch = bRegex ? sSearch : _fnEscapeRegex( sSearch );
-		return new RegExp( sSearch, bCaseInsensitive ? "i" : "" );
 	}
+	
+	return new RegExp( sRegExpString, bCaseInsensitive ? "i" : "" );
 }