diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index e66d15a56..948fc10b1 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -372,6 +372,17 @@ enable_highstate() {
     echo ""
 }
 
+get_soup_script_hashes() {
+  CURRENTSOUP=$(md5sum /usr/sbin/soup | awk '{print $1}')
+  GITSOUP=$(md5sum $UPDATE_DIR/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup | awk '{print $1}')
+  CURRENTCMN=$(md5sum /usr/sbin/so-common | awk '{print $1}')
+  GITCMN=$(md5sum $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common | awk '{print $1}')
+  CURRENTIMGCMN=$(md5sum /usr/sbin/so-image-common | awk '{print $1}')
+  GITIMGCMN=$(md5sum $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common | awk '{print $1}')
+  CURRENTSOFIREWALL=$(md5sum /usr/sbin/so-firewall | awk '{print $1}')
+  GITSOFIREWALL=$(md5sum $UPDATE_DIR/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-firewall | awk '{print $1}')
+}
+
 highstate() {
   # Run a highstate.
   salt-call state.highstate -l info queue=True
@@ -758,16 +769,7 @@ upgrade_salt() {
 }
 
 verify_latest_update_script() {
-  # Check to see if the update scripts match. If not run the new one.
-  CURRENTSOUP=$(md5sum /usr/sbin/soup | awk '{print $1}')
-  GITSOUP=$(md5sum $UPDATE_DIR/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup | awk '{print $1}')
-  CURRENTCMN=$(md5sum /usr/sbin/so-common | awk '{print $1}')
-  GITCMN=$(md5sum $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common | awk '{print $1}')
-  CURRENTIMGCMN=$(md5sum /usr/sbin/so-image-common | awk '{print $1}')
-  GITIMGCMN=$(md5sum $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common | awk '{print $1}')
-  CURRENTSOFIREWALL=$(md5sum /usr/sbin/so-firewall | awk '{print $1}')
-  GITSOFIREWALL=$(md5sum $UPDATE_DIR/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-firewall | awk '{print $1}')
-
+  get_soup_script_hashes
   if [[ "$CURRENTSOUP" == "$GITSOUP" && "$CURRENTCMN" == "$GITCMN" && "$CURRENTIMGCMN" == "$GITIMGCMN" && "$CURRENTSOFIREWALL" == "$GITSOFIREWALL" ]]; then
     echo "This version of the soup script is up to date. Proceeding."
   else
@@ -776,7 +778,13 @@ verify_latest_update_script() {
     cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
     cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
     cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-firewall $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
-    salt-call state.apply common.soup_scripts queue=True -linfo
+    salt-call state.apply common.soup_scripts queue=True -linfo --file-root=$UPDATE_DIR/salt --local
+    # Verify that soup scripts updated as expected
+    get_soup_script_hashes
+    if [[ "$CURRENTSOUP" == "$GITSOUP" && "$CURRENTCMN" == "$GITCMN" && "$CURRENTIMGCMN" == "$GITIMGCMN" && "$CURRENTSOFIREWALL" == "$GITSOFIREWALL" ]]; then
+      echo "There was a problem updating soup scripts.. Trying to rerun script update"
+      salt-call state.apply common.soup_scripts queue=True -linfo
+    else
     echo ""
     echo "The soup script has been modified. Please run soup again to continue the upgrade."
     exit 0