diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion
index a3df38064..bde47991f 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ function createSTANDALONE() {
 }
 
 function testConnection() {
-	retry 15 3 "salt '$MINION_ID' test.ping" 0
+	retry 15 3 "salt '$MINION_ID' test.ping" True
 	local ret=$?
 	if [[ $ret != 0 ]]; then
 		echo "The Minion has been accepted but is not online. Try again later"