diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 180fa7c38..fd325b8a4 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -1016,6 +1016,10 @@ main() {
 
     echo ""
     echo "Upgrade to $NEWVERSION complete."
+
+    # Everything beyond this is post-upgrade checking, don't fail past this point if something here causes an error
+    set +e
+
     echo "Checking the number of minions."
     NUM_MINIONS=$(ls /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/*_*.sls | wc -l)
     if [[ $UPGRADESALT -eq 1 ]] && [[ $NUM_MINIONS -gt 1 ]]; then