1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/chef/platform/query_helpers.rb b/lib/chef/platform/query_helpers.rb
index 028a220a5d..f9f7af0343 100644
--- a/lib/chef/platform/query_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/platform/query_helpers.rb
@@ -30,11 +30,19 @@ class Chef
 
       def windows_server_2003?
         return false unless windows?
-
         require 'ruby-wmi'
 
+        # CHEF-4888: Work around ruby #2618, expected to be fixed in Ruby 2.1.0
+        # https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/588504b20f5cc880ad51827b93e571e32446e5db
+        # https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/27ed294c7134c0de582007af3c915a635a6506cd
+        WIN32OLE.ole_initialize
+
         host = WMI::Win32_OperatingSystem.find(:first)
-        (host.version && host.version.start_with?("5.2"))
+        is_server_2003 = (host.version && host.version.start_with?("5.2"))
+
+        WIN32OLE.ole_uninitialize
+
+        is_server_2003
       end
     end