diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index a5b047bf9..a9615b1e7 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 INSTALLEDVERSION=$(cat /etc/soversion)
 
-if [[ $INSTALLEDSALTVERSION == "2.4.4" ]]; then
+if [[ $INSTALLEDVERSION == "2.4.4" ]]; then
 
   echo "Initiating supersoup mode"
   mkdir -p /tmp/supersoup