diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
index 551cff0ac..53c8664d2 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ gpg_rpm_import() {
     	        rpm --import $RPMKEYSLOC/$RPMKEY
 	        echo "Imported $RPMKEY"
 	    done
-	else
+	elif [[ $is_rpm ]]; then
 		info "Importing the security onion GPG key"
 		rpm --import ../salt/repo/client/files/oracle/keys/securityonion.pub
 	fi