diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 0d2f94b8d..44fd54ead 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ Suricata ruleset sync is blocked until this file is removed. Make sure that you
 EOF
 
 # Create salt local rules dir
-install -d -o 939 -g 939 /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/suricata/rules/
+install -d -o 939 -g 939 /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/suricata/rules/ || echo "Failed to create Suricata local rules directory"
 
 # Backup custom rules & overrides
 mkdir -p /nsm/backup/detections-migration/2-4-200