diff --git a/salt/kafka/ssl.sls b/salt/kafka/ssl.sls
index 8604d4e7e..04b6b4ba7 100644
--- a/salt/kafka/ssl.sls
+++ b/salt/kafka/ssl.sls
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Elastic License 2.0.
 
 {% from 'allowed_states.map.jinja' import allowed_states %}
-{% if sls.split('.')[0] in allowed_states %}
+{% if sls.split('.')[0] in allowed_states or sls in allowed_states %}
 {%   from 'vars/globals.map.jinja' import GLOBALS %}
 {%   set kafka_password = salt['pillar.get']('kafka:config:password') %}