diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index a5c346c67..67d17c6bc 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -927,9 +927,9 @@ create_repo() {
 
 detect_cloud() {
 	info "Testing if setup is running on a cloud instance..."
-	if dmidecode -s bios-version | grep -q amazon || \
-		dmidecode -s bios-vendor | grep -q Amazon || \
-		dmidecode -s bios-vendor | grep -q Google || \
+	if dmidecode -s bios-version 2>&1 | grep -q amazon || \
+		dmidecode -s bios-vendor 2>&1 | grep -q Amazon || \
+		dmidecode -s bios-vendor 2>&1 | grep -q Google || \
 		[ -f /var/log/waagent.log ]; then
 
 		info "Detected a cloud installation..."