diff --git a/manifests/resource/vhost.pp b/manifests/resource/vhost.pp
index 3f65d4848..db63eb2d0 100644
--- a/manifests/resource/vhost.pp
+++ b/manifests/resource/vhost.pp
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@
     path    => "${vhost_enable_dir}/${name_sanitized}.conf",
     target  => $config_file,
     require => Concat[$config_file],
-    notify  => Service['nginx'],
+    notify  => Class['::nginx::service'],
   }
 
   create_resources('::nginx::resource::map', $string_mappings)