diff --git a/setup/so-setup b/setup/so-setup
index d7dd3b660..2160929cf 100755
--- a/setup/so-setup
+++ b/setup/so-setup
@@ -918,10 +918,11 @@ success=$(tail -10 $setup_log | grep Failed | awk '{ print $2}')
 if [[ $success != 0 ]]; then SO_ERROR=1; fi
 
 # Check entire setup log for errors or unexpected salt states and ensure cron jobs are not reporting errors to root's mailbox
-if grep -q -E "ERROR|Result: False" $setup_log || [[ -s /var/spool/mail/root && "$setup_type" == "iso" ]]; then 
+# Ignore "Status .* was not found" due to output from salt http.query or http.wait_for_successful_query states used with retry
+if grep -q -E "ERROR|Result: False" $setup_log | grep -qvE "Status .* was not found" || [[ -s /var/spool/mail/root && "$setup_type" == "iso" ]]; then 
 	SO_ERROR=1
 
-	grep --color=never "ERROR" "$setup_log" > "$error_log"
+	grep --color=never "ERROR" "$setup_log" | grep -qvE "Status .* was not found" > "$error_log"
 fi
 
 if [[ -n $SO_ERROR ]]; then