diff --git a/manifests/ringserver.pp b/manifests/ringserver.pp
index 62cc43d6..c7c05243 100644
--- a/manifests/ringserver.pp
+++ b/manifests/ringserver.pp
@@ -42,13 +42,11 @@ class swift::ringserver(
     fail('xinetd is not available in this distro')
   }
 
-  if !defined(Class['rsync::server']) {
-    class { 'rsync::server':
-      use_xinetd => $rsync_use_xinetd,
-      address    => $local_net_ip,
-      use_chroot => 'no',
-    }
-  }
+  ensure_resource('class', 'rsync::server', {
+    'use_xinetd' => $rsync_use_xinetd,
+    'address'    => $local_net_ip,
+    'use_chroot' => 'no',
+  })
 
   rsync::server::module { 'swift_server':
     path            => '/etc/swift',
diff --git a/manifests/storage.pp b/manifests/storage.pp
index 2400627a..0d752da2 100644
--- a/manifests/storage.pp
+++ b/manifests/storage.pp
@@ -35,11 +35,9 @@ class swift::storage(
     fail('xinetd is not available in this distro')
   }
 
-  if !defined(Class['rsync::server']){
-    class{ 'rsync::server':
-      use_xinetd => $rsync_use_xinetd,
-      address    => $storage_local_net_ip,
-      use_chroot => 'no',
-    }
-  }
+  ensure_resource('class', 'rsync::server', {
+    'use_xinetd' => $rsync_use_xinetd,
+    'address'    => $storage_local_net_ip,
+    'use_chroot' => 'no',
+  })
 }