diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-count b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-count
index e37526013..787c1b7e6 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-count
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-count
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 {%- set REDIS_PASS = salt['pillar.get']('redis:config:requirepass', '0') %}
 
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
-
-docker exec so-redis redis-cli -a {{ REDIS_PASS }} llen logstash:unparsed
+REDISCLI_AUTH={{ REDIS_PASS }}
+docker exec so-redis redis-cli llen logstash:unparsed