@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Provider
 
     attr_accessor :node, :new_resource, :current_resource
 
-    def initialize(node, new_resource, collection=nil, definitions=nil, cookbook_loader=nil)
+    def initialize(node, new_resource, collection=nil, definitions={}, cookbook_loader=nil)
       @node = node
       @new_resource = new_resource
       @current_resource = nil
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Runner
 
     include Chef::Mixin::ParamsValidate
 
-    def initialize(node, collection, definitions=nil, cookbook_loader=nil)
+    def initialize(node, collection, definitions={}, cookbook_loader=nil)
       validate(
         {
           :node => node,
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Runner`
`26`	`26`
`27`	`27`	`include Chef::Mixin::ParamsValidate`
`28`	`28`
`29`		`- def initialize(node, collection, definitions=nil, cookbook_loader=nil)`
	`29`	`+ def initialize(node, collection, definitions={}, cookbook_loader=nil)`
`30`	`30`	`validate(`
`31`	`31`	`{`
`32`	`32`	`:node => node,`