diff --git a/lib/fog/ovirt/compute.rb b/lib/fog/ovirt/compute.rb
index a181dcbf9..ce0e1216d 100644
--- a/lib/fog/ovirt/compute.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/ovirt/compute.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ module Fog
         end
 
         private
-        attr_reader :client
+
+        def client
+          return @client if defined?(@client)
+        end
+
         #read mocks xml
         def read_xml(file_name)
           file_path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),"requests","compute","mock_files",file_name)
@@ -103,7 +107,10 @@ module Fog
         end
 
         private
-        attr_reader :client
+
+        def client
+          @client
+        end
       end
     end
   end