diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-import-pcap b/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-import-pcap
index 684cc6ed0..9191a0fbe 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-import-pcap
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-import-pcap
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ for PCAP in $INPUT_FILES; do
   status "- assigning unique identifier to import: $HASH"
 
   pcap_data=$(pcapinfo "${PCAP}")
-  if ! echo "$pcap_data" | grep "First packet time:" || echo "$pcap_data" |egrep -q "Last packet time:    1970-01-01|Last packet time:    n/a"; then
+  if ! echo "$pcap_data" | grep -q "First packet time:" || echo "$pcap_data" |egrep -q "Last packet time:    1970-01-01|Last packet time:    n/a"; then
     status "- this PCAP file is invalid; skipping"
     INVALID_PCAPS_COUNT=$((INVALID_PCAPS_COUNT + 1))
   else