diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 039d8a602..0402f4ec8 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -2309,7 +2309,7 @@ salt_checkin() {
 
 				count=0
 				timeout=60
-				while ! (check_salt_minion_status $timeout ; do
+				while ! (check_salt_minion_status $timeout) ; do
 					echo "salt master did not get a job response from salt minion after $timeout seconds" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 					if [ $count -gt 3 ]; then
 						echo "salt master did not get a job response from salt minion after 3 attempts, exiting" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1