diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index a54191dbe..31f5bb290 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -998,8 +998,10 @@ up_to_2.3.182() {
 
 up_to_2.3.190() {
   echo "Upgrading to 2.3.190"
-  chown -R zeek:socore /nsm/zeek/extracted/complete
-  chmod 770 /nsm/zeek/extracted/complete 
+  if [ -d /nsm/zeek/extracted/complete ]; then
+    chown -R zeek:socore /nsm/zeek/extracted/complete
+    chmod 770 /nsm/zeek/extracted/complete
+  fi
   INSTALLEDVERSION=2.3.190
 }