diff --git a/acceptance/tests/resource/service/ticket_14297_handle_upstart.rb b/acceptance/tests/resource/service/ticket_14297_handle_upstart.rb
index 929d38273..e445996d3 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/resource/service/ticket_14297_handle_upstart.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/resource/service/ticket_14297_handle_upstart.rb
@@ -1,46 +1,46 @@
 test_name 'Upstart Testing'
 
 # only run these on ubuntu vms
 confine :to, :platform => 'ubuntu'
 
 # pick any ubuntu agent
 agent = agents.first
 
-def check_service_for(pkg, type)
+def check_service_for(pkg, type, agent)
   if pkg == "apache2"
     if type == "stop"
       on agent, "service #{pkg} status", :acceptable_exit_codes => [1,2,3]
     else
       on agent, "service #{pkg} status", :acceptable_exit_codes => [0]
     end
   else
     on agent, "service #{pkg} status | grep #{type} -q"
   end
 end
 
 # in Precise these packages provide a mix of upstart with no linked init
 # script (tty1), upstart linked to an init script (rsyslog), and no upstart
 # script - only an init script (apache2)
 %w(tty1 rsyslog apache2).each do |pkg|
   on agent, puppet_resource("package #{pkg} ensure=present")
 
   step "Ensure #{pkg} has started"
   on agent, "service #{pkg} start", :acceptable_exit_codes => [0,1]
 
   step "Check that status for running #{pkg}"
-  check_service_for(pkg, "start")
+  check_service_for(pkg, "start", agent)
 
   step "Stop #{pkg} with `puppet resource'"
   on agent, puppet_resource("service #{pkg} ensure=stopped")
 
   step "Check that status for stopped #{pkg}"
-  check_service_for(pkg, "stop")
+  check_service_for(pkg, "stop", agent)
 
   step "Start #{pkg} with `puppet resource'"
   on agent, puppet_resource("service #{pkg} ensure=running")
 
   step "Check that status for started #{pkg}"
-  check_service_for(pkg, "start")
+  check_service_for(pkg, "start", agent)
 
   on agent, puppet_resource("package #{pkg} ensure=absent")
 end