diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 51b7bc29c..620737c16 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ 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"
+  retry 50 10 "salt-call state.show_top -l error" || exit 1
 
   echo ""
   echo "Ensuring python modules for Salt are installed and patched."
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ 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"
+  retry 50 10 "salt-call state.show_top -l error" || exit 1
 
   echo "Running a highstate. This could take several minutes."
   salt-call state.highstate -l info queue=True