diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/ini_setting/ruby.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/ini_setting/ruby.rb
index 1b2bc80ee..7831a4fb0 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/ini_setting/ruby.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/ini_setting/ruby.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def self.namevar(section_name, setting)
   end
 
   def exists?
-    ini_file.get_value(section, setting)
+    !ini_file.get_value(section, setting).nil?
   end
 
   def create
diff --git a/spec/unit/puppet/provider/ini_setting/ruby_spec.rb b/spec/unit/puppet/provider/ini_setting/ruby_spec.rb
index 704afa5db..1ab84b974 100644
--- a/spec/unit/puppet/provider/ini_setting/ruby_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/puppet/provider/ini_setting/ruby_spec.rb
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
           :setting => 'yahoo', :value => 'yippee'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_nil
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 # This is a comment
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
           :section => 'section:sub', :setting => 'yahoo', :value => 'yippee'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_nil
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 # This is a comment
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
            :setting => 'baz', :value => 'bazvalue2'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should == 'bazvalue'
+      provider.exists?.should be true
       provider.value=('bazvalue2')
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 # This is a comment
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
            :section => 'section:sub', :setting => 'subby', :value => 'foo'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should == 'bar'
+      provider.exists?.should be true
       provider.value.should == 'bar'
       provider.value=('foo')
       validate_file(<<-EOS
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
            :setting => 'url', :value => 'http://192.168.0.1:8080'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should == 'http://192.168.1.1:8080'
+      provider.exists?.should be true
       provider.value.should == 'http://192.168.1.1:8080'
       provider.value=('http://192.168.0.1:8080')
 
@@ -284,14 +284,14 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
            :setting => 'baz', :value => 'bazvalue'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should == 'bazvalue'
+      provider.exists?.should be true
     end
 
     it "should add a new section if the section does not exist" do
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
           :section => "section3", :setting => 'huzzah', :value => 'shazaam'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_nil
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 # This is a comment
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
           :section => "section:subsection", :setting => 'huzzah', :value => 'shazaam'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_nil
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 # This is a comment
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
           :section => "section1", :setting => 'setting1', :value => 'hellowworld', :path => emptyfile))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_nil
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file("
 [section1]
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
           :section => "section:subsection", :setting => 'setting1', :value => 'hellowworld', :path => emptyfile))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_nil
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file("
 [section:subsection]
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
           :section => "section1", :setting => 'master', :value => true))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should == 'true'
+      provider.exists?.should be true
       provider.value.should == 'true'
     end
 
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
           :section => '', :setting => 'bar', :value => 'yippee'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_nil
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 # This is a comment
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
            :section => '', :setting => 'foo', :value => 'yippee'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should == 'blah'
+      provider.exists?.should be true
       provider.value.should == 'blah'
       provider.value=('yippee')
       validate_file(<<-EOS
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
            :section => '', :setting => 'foo', :value => 'blah'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should == 'blah'
+      provider.exists?.should be true
     end
   end
 
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
            :section => '', :setting => 'foo', :value => 'yippee'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_nil
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 foo = yippee
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
           :section => 'section2', :setting => 'foo', :value => 'yippee'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should == 'http://192.168.1.1:8080'
+      provider.exists?.should be true
       provider.value.should == 'http://192.168.1.1:8080'
       provider.value=('yippee')
       validate_file(<<-EOS
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
           :section => 'section2', :setting => 'bar', :value => 'baz'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_nil
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 [section2]
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ def self.file_path
                                                    :value             => 'yippee',
                                                    :key_val_separator => '='))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should == 'bar'
+      provider.exists?.should be true
       provider.value.should == 'bar'
       provider.value=('yippee')
       validate_file(<<-EOS
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ def self.file_path
                                                    :value             => 'baz',
                                                    :key_val_separator => '='))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_nil
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 [section2]
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
       :section => 'section1', :setting => 'foo', :ensure => 'absent'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_true
+      provider.exists?.should be true
       provider.destroy
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 [section1]
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
                                                    :section => 'section:sub', :setting => 'foo', :ensure => 'absent'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_nil
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.destroy
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 [section1]
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
                     :section => 'section1', :setting => 'yahoo', :value => 'yippee'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_nil
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 # This is a comment
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(
           common_params.merge(:section => 'section1', :setting => 'bar', :value => 'barvalue2'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_true
+      provider.exists?.should be true
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 # This is a comment
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
                                                    :section => 'section2', :setting => 'yahoo', :value => 'yippee'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_nil
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 # This is a comment
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(
           common_params.merge(:section => 'section2', :setting => 'baz', :value => 'bazvalue2'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_true
+      provider.exists?.should be true
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 # This is a comment
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(
           common_params.merge(:section => 'section:sub', :setting => 'yahoo', :value => 'yippee'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_nil
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 # This is a comment
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(
           common_params.merge(:section => 'section:sub', :setting => 'fleezy', :value => 'flam2'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_true
+      provider.exists?.should be true
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
 # This is a comment
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(
           common_params.merge(:section => 'section2', :setting => 'foo', :value => 'foo3'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_false
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
      [section1]
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(
           common_params.merge(:section => 'section1', :setting => 'foo', :value => 'foo3'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_true
+      provider.exists?.should be true
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
      [section1]
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(
           common_params.merge(:section => 'section2', :setting => 'bar', :value => 'bar3'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_false
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
      [section1]
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ def self.file_path
       resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(
           common_params.merge(:section => 'section2', :setting => 'baz', :value => 'bazvalue'))
       provider = described_class.new(resource)
-      provider.exists?.should be_false
+      provider.exists?.should be false
       provider.create
       validate_file(<<-EOS
      [section1]
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ def self.file_path
           common_params.merge(:section => 'section1', :setting => 'foo', :value => 'foovalue2')
         )
         provider = described_class.new(resource)
-        provider.exists?.should be_false
+        provider.exists?.should be false
         provider.create
         validate_file(<<-EOS
 [section1]
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ def self.file_path
           common_params.merge(:section => 'section1', :setting => 'bar', :value => 'barvalue2')
         )
         provider = described_class.new(resource)
-        provider.exists?.should be_false
+        provider.exists?.should be false
         provider.create
         validate_file(<<-EOS
 [section1]
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ def self.file_path
         resource = Puppet::Type::Ini_setting.new(common_params.merge(
             :section => 'section - two', :setting => 'yahoo', :value => 'yippee'))
         provider = described_class.new(resource)
-        provider.exists?.should be_nil
+        provider.exists?.should be false
         provider.create
         validate_file(<<-EOS
 # This is a comment