diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/halfnormal/stdev/benchmark/benchmark.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/halfnormal/stdev/benchmark/benchmark.js
index 9e45745fd96d..8169ba2db048 100755
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/halfnormal/stdev/benchmark/benchmark.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/halfnormal/stdev/benchmark/benchmark.js
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ var stdev = require( './../lib' );
 
 bench( pkg, function benchmark( b ) {
 	var sigma;
+	var opts;
 	var y;
 	var i;
 
-	sigma = uniform( 100, EPS, 20.0, {
+	opts = {
 		'dtype': 'float64'
-	});
+	};
+	sigma = uniform( 100, EPS, 20.0, opts );
 
 	b.tic();
 	for ( i = 0; i < b.iterations; i++ ) {
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/halfnormal/stdev/benchmark/benchmark.native.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/halfnormal/stdev/benchmark/benchmark.native.js
index efe5cab36ecb..e7cbf0240fe7 100755
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/halfnormal/stdev/benchmark/benchmark.native.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/halfnormal/stdev/benchmark/benchmark.native.js
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@ var opts = {
 
 bench( format( '%s::native', pkg ), opts, function benchmark( b ) {
 	var sigma;
+	var opts;
 	var y;
 	var i;
 
-	sigma = uniform( 100, EPS, 20.0, {
+	opts = {
 		'dtype': 'float64'
-	});
+	};
+	sigma = uniform( 100, EPS, 20.0, opts );
 
 	b.tic();
 	for ( i = 0; i < b.iterations; i++ ) {