diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 5ce777aa3..0453ea29d 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ airgap_update_dockers() {
 update_registry() {
   docker stop so-dockerregistry
   docker rm so-dockerregistry
-  salt-call state.apply registry
+  salt-call state.apply registry queue=True
 }
 
 check_airgap() {