diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index a8ba8575b..fc1175911 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -381,9 +381,9 @@ verify_latest_update_script() {
       echo "This version of the soup script is up to date. Proceeding."
     else
       echo "You are not running the latest soup version. Updating soup."
-      cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
       echo "Copying so-image-common"
       cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
+      cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
       salt-call state.apply common queue=True
       echo ""
       echo "soup has been updated. Please run soup again."