diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elastic-auth b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elastic-auth
index 715f55fe4..6157cb4b4 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elastic-auth
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elastic-auth
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fi
 function restart() {
   if [[ -z "$ELASTIC_AUTH_SKIP_HIGHSTATE" ]]; then
     echo "Elasticsearch on all affected minions will now be stopped and then restarted..."
-    salt -C 'G@role:so-standalone or G@role:so-eval or G@role:so-import or G@role:so-manager or G@role:so-managersearch or G@role:so-node or G@role:so-heavynode' cmd.run so-elastic-stop
+    salt -C 'G@role:so-standalone or G@role:so-eval or G@role:so-import or G@role:so-manager or G@role:so-managersearch or G@role:so-node or G@role:so-heavynode' cmd.run so-elastic-stop queue=True
     echo "Applying highstate to all affected minions..."
     salt -C 'G@role:so-standalone or G@role:so-eval or G@role:so-import or G@role:so-manager or G@role:so-managersearch or G@role:so-node or G@role:so-heavynode' state.highstate queue=True
   fi