diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-import-pcap b/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-import-pcap
index 4169d8769..b8a90421f 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-import-pcap
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-import-pcap
@@ -194,10 +194,6 @@ for PCAP in $INPUT_FILES; do
       status "- analyzing traffic with Zeek"
       zeek "${PCAP}" $HASH
       {% endif %}
-      
-      START=$(pcapinfo "${PCAP}" -a |grep "First packet time:" | awk '{print $4}')
-      END=$(pcapinfo "${PCAP}" -e |grep "Last packet time:" | awk '{print $4}')
-      status "- saving PCAP data spanning dates $START through $END"
     fi
 
     if [[ "$HASH_FILTERS" == "" ]]; then
@@ -208,6 +204,10 @@ for PCAP in $INPUT_FILES; do
       HASHES="${HASHES} ${HASH}"
     fi
 
+    START=$(pcapinfo "${PCAP}" -a |grep "First packet time:" | awk '{print $4}')
+    END=$(pcapinfo "${PCAP}" -e |grep "Last packet time:" | awk '{print $4}')
+    status "- found PCAP data spanning dates $START through $END"
+
     # compare $START to $START_OLDEST
     START_COMPARE=$(date -d $START +%s)
     START_OLDEST_COMPARE=$(date -d $START_OLDEST +%s)