diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 0bbc013b2..8c2c18d2a 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -465,7 +465,9 @@ copy_minion_tmp_files() {
 				ssh -i /root/.ssh/so.key soremote@"$MSRV" mkdir -p /tmp/"$MINION_ID"/pillar;
 				ssh -i /root/.ssh/so.key soremote@"$MSRV" mkdir -p /tmp/"$MINION_ID"/schedules;
 				scp -prv -i /root/.ssh/so.key "$temp_install_dir"/pillar/minions/* soremote@"$MSRV":/tmp/"$MINION_ID"/pillar/;
-				scp -prv -i /root/.ssh/so.key "$temp_install_dir"/salt/patch/os/schedules/* soremote@"$MSRV":/tmp/"$MINION_ID"/schedules;
+				if [ "$(ls -A $temp_install_dir/salt/patch/os/schedules/)" ]; then
+					scp -prv -i /root/.ssh/so.key "$temp_install_dir"/salt/patch/os/schedules/* soremote@"$MSRV":/tmp/"$MINION_ID"/schedules;
+				fi
 				ssh -i /root/.ssh/so.key soremote@"$MSRV" sudo $default_salt_dir/salt/manager/files/add_minion.sh "$MINION_ID";
 			} >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 			;;