diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 8c6c2b237..8259bf6ab 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ up_to_2.4.10() {
 }
 
 up_to_2.4.20() {
-  echo "Nothing to do for 2.4.20"
+  echo "Preupgrade soup changes for 2.4.20"
   
   INSTALLEDVERSION=2.4.20
 }
@@ -796,7 +796,10 @@ main() {
 
   if [ "$is_hotfix" == "true" ]; then
     echo "Applying $HOTFIXVERSION hotfix"
-    backup_old_states_pillars
+    # since we don't run the backup.config_backup state on import we wont snapshot previous version states and pillars
+    if [[ ! "$MINIONID" =~ "_import" ]]; then
+      backup_old_states_pillars
+    fi
     copy_new_files
     apply_hotfix
     echo "Hotfix applied"
@@ -853,9 +856,12 @@ main() {
       update_centos_repo
     fi
 
-    echo ""
-    echo "Creating snapshots of default and local Salt states and pillars and saving to /nsm/backup/"
-    backup_old_states_pillars
+    # since we don't run the backup.config_backup state on import we wont snapshot previous version states and pillars
+    if [[ ! "$MINIONID" =~ "_import" ]]; then
+      echo ""
+      echo "Creating snapshots of default and local Salt states and pillars and saving to /nsm/backup/"
+      backup_old_states_pillars
+    fi
 
     echo ""
     echo "Copying new Security Onion code from $UPDATE_DIR to $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR."