diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 3ba03d012..72a8cd467 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -1014,16 +1014,16 @@ main() {
   echo "### Preparing soup at $(date) ###"
   echo ""
 
-  echo "Checking to see if this is a manager."
-  echo ""
-  require_manager
-
   if ! check_salt_master_status -t 30; then
   	echo "Could not talk to salt master"
     echo "Please run `systemctl status salt-master` to ensure the salt-master service is running."
     exit 1
   fi
 
+  echo "Checking to see if this is a manager."
+  echo ""
+  require_manager
+
   check_pillar_items
 
   echo "Checking to see if this is an airgap install."