diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 71f3f7a2a..0a1c9237d 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ main() {
     set +e
 
     echo "Checking the number of minions."
-    NUM_MINIONS=$(ls /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/*_*.sls | wc -l)
+    NUM_MINIONS=$(ls /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/*_*.sls | grep -v adv_ | wc -l)
     if [[ $UPGRADESALT -eq 1 ]] && [[ $NUM_MINIONS -gt 1 ]]; then
       if [[ $is_airgap -eq 0 ]]; then
         echo ""