diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 655e99f6c..ba8316116 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -935,8 +935,10 @@ main() {
     preupgrade_changes
     echo ""
 
-    echo "Updating Airgap Rule Files to the Latest."
-    update_airgap_rules
+    if [[ $is_airgap -eq 0 ]]; then
+      echo "Updating Rule Files to the Latest."
+      update_airgap_rules
+    fi
 
     # since we don't run the backup.config_backup state on import we wont snapshot previous version states and pillars
     if [[ ! "$MINIONID" =~ "_import" ]]; then