diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion
index 3d5930c77..adaf1d344 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 # https://securityonion.net/license; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
 # Elastic License 2.0.
 
-if [[ $OPERATION != 'setup' ]]; then
-. /usr/sbin/so-common
+if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "This script must be run using sudo!"
+	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then