diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 6be30b52f60e8110126f55d1aa0f58b5d9cb85af..7073712eb78ca0cee96aba28fec9e3fb83ebdba5 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ class tsmclient::install
 
     service {
 	'dsmcad':
-	    enable => true, ensure => $running,
+	    enable => true, ensure => running,
 	    hasstatus => true, hasrestart => true,
 	    require => File['/etc/init.d/dsmcad'];
     }