diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 398aed29c..fdc983d30 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ upgrade_check() {
       is_hotfix=true
     fi
   else
+    echo "DEBUG: here"
     is_hotfix=false
   fi 
 
@@ -889,7 +890,7 @@ else
   systemctl start salt-master
 
   # Testing that that salt-master is up by checking that is it connected to itself
-  retry 50 10 "salt-call state.show_top -l error" || exit 1
+  retry 50 10 "salt-call state.show_top -l error"
 
   echo ""
   echo "Ensuring python modules for Salt are installed and patched."
@@ -923,7 +924,7 @@ else
   systemctl start salt-master
 
   # Testing that that salt-master is up by checking that is it connected to itself
-  retry 50 10 "salt-call state.show_top -l error" || exit 1
+  retry 50 10 "salt-call state.show_top -l error"
 
   echo "Running a highstate. This could take several minutes."
   salt-call state.highstate -l info queue=True