diff --git a/salt/logstash/init.sls b/salt/logstash/init.sls
index 93da70bdc..9df9c0ca0 100644
--- a/salt/logstash/init.sls
+++ b/salt/logstash/init.sls
@@ -145,10 +145,12 @@ lsetcsync:
     - group: 939
     - template: jinja
     - clean: True
+{% if TEMPLATES %}
     - require:
-{% for TEMPLATE in TEMPLATES %}
+  {% for TEMPLATE in TEMPLATES %}
       - file: ls_template_{{TEMPLATE.split('.')[0] | replace("/","_") }}
-{% endfor %}
+  {% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
     - exclude_pat: pipelines*
 
 # Create the import directory