1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/chef/provider/service/windows.rb b/lib/chef/provider/service/windows.rb
index 9a7f5fa1d8..6c1f7c3583 100644
--- a/lib/chef/provider/service/windows.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/provider/service/windows.rb
@@ -327,22 +327,18 @@ class Chef::Provider::Service::Windows < Chef::Provider::Service
     retries = 0
     loop do
       break if current_state == desired_state
-      raise Timeout::Error if ( retries += 1 ) > resource_timeout
+      raise Timeout::Error if ( retries += 1 ) > @new_resource.timeout
 
       sleep 1
     end
   end
 
-  def resource_timeout
-    @resource_timeout ||= @new_resource.timeout
-  end
-
   def spawn_command_thread
     worker = Thread.new do
       yield
     end
 
-    Timeout.timeout(resource_timeout) do
+    Timeout.timeout(@new_resource.timeout) do
       worker.join
     end
   end