1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/application/inspect.rb b/lib/puppet/application/inspect.rb
index caa32a7c2..342b8daae 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/application/inspect.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/application/inspect.rb
@@ -64,8 +64,12 @@ class Puppet::Application::Inspect < Puppet::Application
 
       status = Puppet::Resource::Status.new(ral_resource)
       audited_attributes.each do |name|
-        event = ral_resource.event(:previous_value => audited_resource[name], :property => name, :status => "audit", :message => "inspected value is #{audited_resource[name].inspect}")
-        status.add_event(event)
+        next if audited_resource[name].nil?
+        # Skip :absent properties of :absent resources. Really, it would be nicer if the RAL returned nil for those, but it doesn't. ~JW
+        if name == :ensure or audited_resource[:ensure] != :absent or audited_resource[name] != :absent
+          event = ral_resource.event(:previous_value => audited_resource[name], :property => name, :status => "audit", :message => "inspected value is #{audited_resource[name].inspect}")
+          status.add_event(event)
+        end
       end
       @report.add_resource_status(status)
     end