diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 05d934999..f2cc034b6 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ INSTALLEDVERSION=$(cat /etc/soversion)
 INSTALLEDSALTVERSION=$(salt --versions-report | grep Salt: | awk {'print $2'})
 default_salt_dir=/opt/so/saltstack/default
 SOUP_BRANCH=$1
-BATCHSIZE = 5
+BATCHSIZE=5
 
 manager_check() {
   # Check to see if this is a manager