diff --git a/lib/chefspec/matchers/notifications_matcher.rb b/lib/chefspec/matchers/notifications_matcher.rb
index 8b31eaff..593be8a9 100644
--- a/lib/chefspec/matchers/notifications_matcher.rb
+++ b/lib/chefspec/matchers/notifications_matcher.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ class NotificationsMatcher
     include ChefSpec::Normalize
 
     def initialize(signature)
-      signature.match(/^([^\[]*)\[(.*)\]$/)
-      @expected_resource_type = $1
-      @expected_resource_name = $2
+      match = signature.match(/^([^\[]*)\[(.*)\]$/)
+      @expected_resource_type = match[1]
+      @expected_resource_name = match[2]
     end
 
     def matches?(resource)
diff --git a/lib/chefspec/matchers/subscribes_matcher.rb b/lib/chefspec/matchers/subscribes_matcher.rb
index df40333b..10d13b7f 100644
--- a/lib/chefspec/matchers/subscribes_matcher.rb
+++ b/lib/chefspec/matchers/subscribes_matcher.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ class SubscribesMatcher
     include ChefSpec::Normalize
 
     def initialize(signature)
-      signature.match(/^([^\[]*)\[(.*)\]$/)
-      @expected_resource_type = $1
-      @expected_resource_name = $2
+      match = signature.match(/^([^\[]*)\[(.*)\]$/)
+      @expected_resource_type = match[1]
+      @expected_resource_name = match[2]
     end
 
     def matches?(resource)