diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/file/ctime.rb b/lib/puppet/type/file/ctime.rb
index 90d95da64..5f94863b4 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/file/ctime.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/file/ctime.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 module Puppet
   Puppet::Type.type(:file).newproperty(:ctime) do
     desc "A read-only state to check the file ctime."
 
     def retrieve
       current_value = :absent
       if stat = @resource.stat
         current_value = stat.ctime
       end
       current_value
     end
 
-    validate do
+    validate do |val|
       fail "ctime is read-only"
     end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/file/mtime.rb b/lib/puppet/type/file/mtime.rb
index 5952b4b84..10867ddf4 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/file/mtime.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/file/mtime.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 module Puppet
   Puppet::Type.type(:file).newproperty(:mtime) do
     desc "A read-only state to check the file mtime."
 
     def retrieve
       current_value = :absent
       if stat = @resource.stat
         current_value = stat.mtime
       end
       current_value
     end
 
-    validate do
+    validate do |val|
       fail "mtime is read-only"
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/file/type.rb b/lib/puppet/type/file/type.rb
index 864d3b1a4..38f301573 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/type/file/type.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/file/type.rb
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 module Puppet
   Puppet::Type.type(:file).newproperty(:type) do
     require 'etc'
     desc "A read-only state to check the file type."
 
     def retrieve
       current_value = :absent
       if stat = @resource.stat
         current_value = stat.ftype
       end
       current_value
     end
 
-    validate do
+    validate do |val|
       fail "type is read-only"
     end
   end
 end