diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 11074f7cf..6c5897d11 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ verify_latest_update_script() {
     CURRENTIMGCMN=$(md5sum /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common | awk '{print $1}')
     GITIMGCMN=$(md5sum $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common | awk '{print $1}')
 
-    if [[ "$CURRENTSOUP" == "$GITSOUP" ]] && [[ "$CURRENTCMN" == "$GITCMN" ]] && [[ "$CURRENTIMGCMN" == "$GITIMGCMN" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$CURRENTSOUP" == "$GITSOUP" && "$CURRENTCMN" == "$GITCMN" && "$CURRENTIMGCMN" == "$GITIMGCMN" ]]; then
       echo "This version of the soup script is up to date. Proceeding."
     else
       echo "You are not running the latest soup version. Updating soup and its components. Might take multiple runs to complete"