diff --git a/lib/fog/dynect/requests/dns/post_record.rb b/lib/fog/dynect/requests/dns/post_record.rb
index 8b355db5f..4fc0a3e2f 100644
--- a/lib/fog/dynect/requests/dns/post_record.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/dynect/requests/dns/post_record.rb
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ module Fog
         def post_record(type, zone, fqdn, rdata, options = {})
           raise Fog::Dynect::DNS::NotFound unless zone = self.data[:zones][zone]
 
-          records = zone[:records] ||= Hash.new do |hash, type|
-            hash[type] = []
-          end
-
+          records = zone[:records]
           record_id = zone[:next_record_id]
           zone[:next_record_id] += 1
 
diff --git a/lib/fog/dynect/requests/dns/post_zone.rb b/lib/fog/dynect/requests/dns/post_zone.rb
index 01ac23bda..613c32d0d 100644
--- a/lib/fog/dynect/requests/dns/post_zone.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/dynect/requests/dns/post_zone.rb
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ module Fog
 
       class Mock
         def post_zone(rname, ttl, zone, options = {})
-          new_zone = {
+          new_zone = self.data[:zones][zone] = {
             :next_record_id => 0,
+            :records => Hash.new do |records_hash, type|
+              records_hash[type] = []
+            end,
             :records_to_delete => [],
             :rname => rname,
             :serial_style => options[:serial_style] || "increment",
@@ -41,8 +44,6 @@ module Fog
             :zone_type => "Primary"
           }
 
-          self.data[:zones][zone] = new_zone
-
           response = Excon::Response.new
           response.status = 200
           response.body = {