1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/chef/data_bag.rb b/lib/chef/data_bag.rb
index dcc01ec743..5994e6f8d1 100644
--- a/lib/chef/data_bag.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/data_bag.rb
@@ -129,11 +129,10 @@ class Chef
         if Chef::Config[:why_run]
           Chef::Log.warn("In whyrun mode, so NOT performing data bag save.")
         else
-          chef_server_rest.put_rest("data/#{@name}", self)
+          create
         end
       rescue Net::HTTPServerException => e
-        raise e unless e.response.code == "404"
-        chef_server_rest.post_rest("data", self)
+        raise e unless e.response.code == "409"
       end
       self
     end