Javascript: Clear a webkitTransition animation

I was animating an html element with Webkit transitions via javascript, and after the animation was done, I applied non-animated webkitTransform positioning to the same element. It animated instead of immediately displaying the new style. I came up with the following function to clear any previous Webkit animation values:

function clearAnimation( element ) {
  if( typeof element.style.webkitTransform !== 'undefined' && element.style.webkitTransform ) {   // 2nd conditional fixes bug in Chrome on windows
    element.style.webkitTransition = '';
    element.style.webkitTransform = '';
  }
}

This will prevent any overlap when switching between animatiions and instant repositioning.