diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 55efde5a9..b497d9c24 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -933,21 +933,21 @@ main() {
       echo "Upgrading Salt"
       # Update the repo files so it can actually upgrade
       upgrade_salt
-    fi
-
-    echo "Checking if Salt was upgraded."
-    echo ""
-    # Check that Salt was upgraded
-    SALTVERSIONPOSTUPGRADE=$(salt --versions-report | grep Salt: | awk '{print $2}')
-    if [[ "$SALTVERSIONPOSTUPGRADE" != "$NEWSALTVERSION" ]]; then
-      echo "Salt upgrade failed. Check of indicators of failure in $SOUP_LOG."
-      echo "Once the issue is resolved, run soup again."
-      echo "Exiting."
-      echo ""
-      exit 0
-    else
-      echo "Salt upgrade success."
+    
+      echo "Checking if Salt was upgraded."
       echo ""
+      # Check that Salt was upgraded
+      SALTVERSIONPOSTUPGRADE=$(salt --versions-report | grep Salt: | awk '{print $2}')
+      if [[ "$SALTVERSIONPOSTUPGRADE" != "$NEWSALTVERSION" ]]; then
+        echo "Salt upgrade failed. Check of indicators of failure in $SOUP_LOG."
+        echo "Once the issue is resolved, run soup again."
+        echo "Exiting."
+        echo ""
+        exit 0
+      else
+        echo "Salt upgrade success."
+        echo ""
+      fi
     fi
 
     preupgrade_changes