diff --git a/lib/6to5/transformers/destructuring.js b/lib/6to5/transformers/destructuring.js
index 7f9cc68514..4ce26b813f 100644
--- a/lib/6to5/transformers/destructuring.js
+++ b/lib/6to5/transformers/destructuring.js
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@ var buildVariableAssign = function (kind, id, init) {
   }
 };
 
-var push = function (kind, nodes, pattern, parentId) {
-  if (pattern.type === "ObjectPattern") {
-    pushObjectPattern(kind, nodes, pattern, parentId);
-  } else if (pattern.type === "ArrayPattern") {
-    pushArrayPattern(kind, nodes, pattern, parentId);
+var push = function (kind, nodes, elem, parentId) {
+  if (elem.type === "ObjectPattern") {
+    pushObjectPattern(kind, nodes, elem, parentId);
+  } else if (elem.type === "ArrayPattern") {
+    pushArrayPattern(kind, nodes, elem, parentId);
+  } else if (elem.type === "MemberExpression") {
+    nodes.push(buildVariableAssign(false, elem, parentId));
+  } else {
+    nodes.push(buildVariableAssign(kind, elem, parentId));
   }
 };
 
@@ -39,14 +43,7 @@ var pushArrayPattern = function (kind, nodes, pattern, parentId) {
     if (!elem) return;
 
     var newPatternId = b.memberExpression(parentId, b.literal(i), true);
-
-    if (elem.type === "Identifier") {
-      nodes.push(buildVariableAssign(kind, elem, newPatternId));
-    } else if (elem.type === "MemberExpression") {
-      nodes.push(buildVariableAssign(false, elem, newPatternId));
-    } else {
-      push(kind, nodes, elem, newPatternId);
-    }
+    push(kind, nodes, elem, newPatternId);
   });
 };