diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_user/rabbitmqctl.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_user/rabbitmqctl.rb
index 8a8e9f41c..f1b914bb9 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_user/rabbitmqctl.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_user/rabbitmqctl.rb
@@ -111,6 +111,6 @@ def get_user_tags
     match = rabbitmqctl('-q', 'list_users').split(/\n/).collect do |line|
       line.match(/^#{Regexp.escape(resource[:name])}\s+\[(.*?)\]/)
     end.compact.first
-    Set.new(match[1].split(/, /)) if match
+    Set.new(match[1].split(' ').map{|x| x.gsub(/,$/, '')}) if match
   end
 end