diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 795106cee..3c5adb7e5 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -599,7 +599,9 @@ update_airgap_rules() {
   # Copy the rules over to update them for airgap.
   rsync -av $UPDATE_DIR/agrules/suricata/* /nsm/rules/suricata/
   rsync -av $UPDATE_DIR/agrules/yara/* /nsm/rules/yara/
-  rsync -av $UPDATE_DIR/agrules/sigma/* /nsm/repo/rules/sigma/
+  if [ -d /nsm/repo/rules/sigma ]; then
+    rsync -av $UPDATE_DIR/agrules/sigma/* /nsm/repo/rules/sigma/
+  fi
 }
 
 update_airgap_repo() {