diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index c510e832b..c09db0626 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ masterunlock() {
 phases_pillar_2_4_80() {
   echo "Checking if pillar value: elasticsearch.index_settings.global_overrides.index_template.phases exists"
 
+  set +e
   #so-yaml.py remove /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.sls elasticsearch.index_settings.global_overrides.index_template.phases
   #if so-yaml removed stuff add this message to the FINAL_MESSAGE_QUEUE
   read -r -d '' msg << EOF
@@ -361,6 +362,7 @@ phases_pillar_2_4_80() {
 EOF
 
   FINAL_MESSAGE_QUEUE+=("$msg")
+  set -e
 }
 
 preupgrade_changes() {