diff --git a/lib/consolidate.js b/lib/consolidate.js
index 45f5ed2..16fc033 100644
--- a/lib/consolidate.js
+++ b/lib/consolidate.js
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ exports.dot.render = function (str, options, fn) {
     var settings = {};
         settings = extend(settings, engine.templateSettings);
         settings = extend(settings, options ? options.dot : {});
-    var tmpl = cache(options) || cache(options, engine.template(str, settings, options && options._def));
+    var tmpl = cache(options) || cache(options, engine.template(str, settings, options));
     fn(null, tmpl(options));
   } catch (err) {
     fn(err);