diff --git a/resources/recipes/configure.rb b/resources/recipes/configure.rb
index 9b243461..b2c1119a 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/configure.rb
+++ b/resources/recipes/configure.rb
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 memcached_config 'Configure Memcached' do
   memory node['redborder']['memory_services']['memcached']['memory']
   ipaddress node['ipaddress_sync']
-  if action manager_services['memcached']
+  if manager_services['memcached']
     action [:add, :register]
   else
     action [:remove, :deregister]