diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/chsec/aix.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/chsec/aix.rb
index 2bda841..28f84c8 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/chsec/aix.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/chsec/aix.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def exists?
     begin
       command = lssec('-f', resource[:file], '-s', resource[:stanza], '-a', resource[:attribute])
 
-    if command.split.last.split("=")[1..-1].join('=').strip != resource[:value]
+    if command[/="?(.+?)"?$/, 1] != resource[:value]
       return false
     else
       return true