diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/openldap_database/olc.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/openldap_database/olc.rb
index df8efcb2..11e4bdcf 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/openldap_database/olc.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/openldap_database/olc.rb
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def create
 
     case resource[:backend].to_s
     when 'relay'
-      t << "olcRelay: #{resource[:relay]}\n" unless resource[:relay].empty?
+      t << "olcRelay: #{resource[:relay]}\n" if resource[:relay]
       t << "olcSuffix: #{resource[:suffix]}\n" if resource[:suffix]
     when 'monitor'
       # WRITE HERE FOR MONITOR ONLY