diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index b8297ad44..1e9585987 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ playbook_migration() {
         read -r
 
         echo "Backing up the Elastalert rules..."
-        rsync -av --stats /opt/so/rules/elastalert/playbook/*.{yaml,yml} /nsm/backup/detections-migration/elastalert/
+        rsync -av --ignore-missing-args --stats /opt/so/rules/elastalert/playbook/*.{yaml,yml} /nsm/backup/detections-migration/elastalert/
 
         # Verify that rsync completed successfully
         if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then