diff --git a/lib/puppet/resource_api/data_type_handling.rb b/lib/puppet/resource_api/data_type_handling.rb
index 61c6348c..d293c959 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/resource_api/data_type_handling.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/resource_api/data_type_handling.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module Puppet::ResourceApi; end # predeclare the main module # rubocop:disable Style/Documentation
+module Puppet; module ResourceApi; end; end # predeclare the main module # rubocop:disable Style/Documentation,Style/ClassAndModuleChildren
 
 # This module is used to handle data inside types, contains methods for munging
 # and validation of the type values.