diff --git a/common/models/acl.js b/common/models/acl.js
index 5c0f86d1..d5958ef2 100644
--- a/common/models/acl.js
+++ b/common/models/acl.js
@@ -395,8 +395,9 @@ module.exports = function(ACL) {
    */
 
   ACL.checkAccessForContext = function(context, callback) {
-    this.resolveRelatedModels();
-    var roleModel = this.roleModel;
+    var self = this;
+    self.resolveRelatedModels();
+    var roleModel = self.roleModel;
 
     if (!(context instanceof AccessContext)) {
       context = new AccessContext(context);
@@ -419,9 +420,8 @@ module.exports = function(ACL) {
     var req = new AccessRequest(modelName, property, accessType, ACL.DEFAULT, methodNames);
 
     var effectiveACLs = [];
-    var staticACLs = this.getStaticACLs(model.modelName, property);
+    var staticACLs = self.getStaticACLs(model.modelName, property);
 
-    var self = this;
     this.find({ where: { model: model.modelName, property: propertyQuery,
       accessType: accessTypeQuery }}, function(err, acls) {
       if (err) {