diff --git a/setup/so-setup b/setup/so-setup
index 785d5241f..b84986c36 100755
--- a/setup/so-setup
+++ b/setup/so-setup
@@ -844,10 +844,9 @@ else
 
 		export percentage=95 # set to last percentage used in previous subshell
 		if [[ -n $ALLOW_ROLE && -n $ALLOW_CIDR ]]; then 
-			if [[ $is_manager || $is_import ]]; then
-				set_progress_str 96 "Stopping SOC prior to adjusting firewall rules"
-				so-soc-stop # Stop SOC so it doesn't accept external requests prior to the reboot
-			fi
+			set_progress_str 96 "Stopping SOC prior to adjusting firewall rules"
+			so-soc-stop # Stop SOC so it doesn't accept external requests prior to the reboot
+			
 			set_progress_str 97 "Running so-allow -${ALLOW_ROLE} for ${ALLOW_CIDR}"
 			IP=$ALLOW_CIDR so-allow -$ALLOW_ROLE >> $setup_log 2>&1
 		fi