diff --git a/deps/v8/include/v8-version.h b/deps/v8/include/v8-version.h
index 37569db5c95ad9..b76915cf317de3 100644
--- a/deps/v8/include/v8-version.h
+++ b/deps/v8/include/v8-version.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #define V8_MAJOR_VERSION 5
 #define V8_MINOR_VERSION 1
 #define V8_BUILD_NUMBER 281
-#define V8_PATCH_LEVEL 100
+#define V8_PATCH_LEVEL 101
 
 // Use 1 for candidates and 0 otherwise.
 // (Boolean macro values are not supported by all preprocessors.)
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/ast/scopes.cc b/deps/v8/src/ast/scopes.cc
index 5d4b80987607b5..445bdf6b1f043b 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/ast/scopes.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/ast/scopes.cc
@@ -1083,12 +1083,15 @@ Variable* Scope::LookupRecursive(VariableProxy* proxy,
     if (var != NULL && proxy->is_assigned()) var->set_maybe_assigned();
     *binding_kind = DYNAMIC_LOOKUP;
     return NULL;
-  } else if (calls_sloppy_eval() && !is_script_scope() &&
-             name_can_be_shadowed) {
+  } else if (calls_sloppy_eval() && is_declaration_scope() &&
+             !is_script_scope() && name_can_be_shadowed) {
     // A variable binding may have been found in an outer scope, but the current
     // scope makes a sloppy 'eval' call, so the found variable may not be
     // the correct one (the 'eval' may introduce a binding with the same name).
     // In that case, change the lookup result to reflect this situation.
+    // Only scopes that can host var bindings (declaration scopes) need be
+    // considered here (this excludes block and catch scopes), and variable
+    // lookups at script scope are always dynamic.
     if (*binding_kind == BOUND) {
       *binding_kind = BOUND_EVAL_SHADOWED;
     } else if (*binding_kind == UNBOUND) {
diff --git a/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-crbug-608279.js b/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-crbug-608279.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..22c69f252d0c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-crbug-608279.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2016 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+//
+// Flags: --always-opt --no-lazy
+
+function __f_38() {
+  try {
+    throw 0;
+  } catch (e) {
+    eval();
+    var __v_38 = { a: 'hest' };
+    __v_38.m = function () { return __v_38.a; };
+  }
+  return __v_38;
+}
+var __v_40 = __f_38();
+__v_40.m();