diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
index 5cdb9e57a..49b0d0527 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ run_check_net_err() {
 
 salt_minion_count() {
 	local MINIONDIR="/opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions"
-	MINIONCOUNT=$(ls -la $MINIONDIR/*.sls | grep sls | wc -l)
+	MINIONCOUNT=$(ls -la $MINIONDIR/*.sls | grep -v adv_ | wc -l)
 
 }