diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/JamClassScreen.js.jsx.coffee b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/JamClassScreen.js.jsx.coffee
index dd0a7227d..a3062a088 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/JamClassScreen.js.jsx.coffee
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/JamClassScreen.js.jsx.coffee
@@ -194,13 +194,14 @@ LessonTimerActions = context.LessonTimerActions
     @app.ajaxError(jqXHR)
 
   cancelSelected: (lesson, recurring) ->
-    rest.checkLessonCancel({id: lesson.id, update_all: recurring}).done((response) => (@issueCancelLesson(lesson,
-      recurring))).fail((jqXHR) => (@cancelSelectedFail(jqXHR)))
+    rest.checkLessonCancel({id: lesson.id, update_all: recurring})
+      .done((response) => @issueCancelLesson(lesson, recurring))
+      .fail((jqXHR) => @cancelSelectedFail(jqXHR, lesson))
 
-  cancelSelectedFailed: (jqXHR) ->
+  cancelSelectedFail: (jqXHR, lesson) ->
     if jqXHR.status == 422
 
-      if recurring
+      if lesson.recurring
         if @viewerStudent()
           buttons = []
           buttons.push({name: 'CLOSE', buttonStyle: 'button-grey'})