diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index abde1ed0a..16f4d9076 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ post_to_2.4.70() {
   if ! grep -q "^    cluster_id:" $local_salt_dir/pillar/kafka/soc_kafka.sls; then
     kafka_cluster_id=$(get_random_value 22)
     echo '    cluster_id: '$kafka_cluster_id >> $local_salt_dir/pillar/kafka/soc_kafka.sls
+  fi
 
   if ! grep -q "^    kafka_pass:" $local_salt_dir/pillar/kafka/soc_kafka.sls; then
     kafkapass=$(get_random_value)