diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index f7e46e780..a93a000b7 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ pillar_changes() {
       sed -i '1c\global:' /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/global.sls >> "$SOUP_LOG" 2>&1
 
       # Moving baseurl from minion sls file to inside global.sls
-      local line=$(grep '^  url_base:' /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/$MINIONID)
-      sed -i '/^  url_base:/d' /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/$MINIONID;
+      local line=$(grep '^  url_base:' /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/$MINIONID.sls)
+      sed -i '/^  url_base:/d' /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/$MINIONID.sls;
       sed -i "/^global:/a \\$line" /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/global.sls;
 
     fi