diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index c8601fe1a..7c97a540a 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -834,7 +834,9 @@ else
   echo "Stopping Salt Minion service."
   systemctl stop salt-minion
   echo "Killing any remaining Salt Minion processes."
+  set +e
   pkill -9 -ef /usr/bin/salt-minion
+  set -e
   echo ""
   echo "Stopping Salt Master service."
   systemctl stop salt-master