diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
index 4836f3d5d4..a179998e1c 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -360,11 +360,12 @@ public class TransientAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
     */
    @Override
    public ListenableFuture<Boolean> createContainerInLocation(final Location location, final String name) {
-      if (!getContainerToBlobs().containsKey(name)) {
-         getContainerToBlobs().put(name, new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Blob>());
-         getContainerToLocation().put(name, location != null ? location : defaultLocation.get());
+      if (getContainerToBlobs().containsKey(name)) {
+         return immediateFuture(Boolean.FALSE);
       }
-      return immediateFuture(getContainerToBlobs().containsKey(name));
+      getContainerToBlobs().put(name, new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Blob>());
+      getContainerToLocation().put(name, location != null ? location : defaultLocation.get());
+      return immediateFuture(Boolean.TRUE);
    }
 
    /**
diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/TransientContainerIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/TransientContainerIntegrationTest.java
index ec98bf2603..2a6fdc0123 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/TransientContainerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/TransientContainerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -21,14 +21,18 @@ package org.jclouds.blobstore.integration;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getOnlyElement;
 import static org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions.Builder.maxResults;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.BlobMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.StorageMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.integration.internal.BaseContainerIntegrationTest;
+import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
@@ -65,4 +69,18 @@ public class TransientContainerIntegrationTest extends BaseContainerIntegrationT
          returnContainer(containerName);
       }
    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+   @Test(groups = { "integration", "live" })
+   public void testDuplicateCreateContainer() {
+      BlobStore blobStore = context.getBlobStore();
+      Location location = null;
+      String container = "container";
+      boolean created;
+
+      created = blobStore.createContainerInLocation(location, container);
+      assertTrue(created);
+
+      created = blobStore.createContainerInLocation(location, container);
+      assertFalse(created);
+   }
+}