diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 582e4502b..71f3f7a2a 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ stop_salt_minion() {
     set -e
 
     echo "Storing salt-minion pid."
-    MINIONPID=$(pgrep salt-minion | head -1)
+    MINIONPID=$(pgrep -f '/opt/saltstack/salt/bin/python3.10 /usr/bin/salt-minion' | head -1)
     echo "Found salt-minion PID $MINIONPID"
     systemctl_func "stop" "salt-minion"