diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-count b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-count
index 787c1b7e6..7f87b6a9f 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-count
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-count
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@
 {%- set REDIS_PASS = salt['pillar.get']('redis:config:requirepass', '0') %}
 
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
-REDISCLI_AUTH={{ REDIS_PASS }}
-docker exec so-redis redis-cli llen logstash:unparsed
+docker exec so-redis /bin/sh -c "export REDISCLI_AUTH={{ REDIS_PASS }} && redis-cli llen logstash:unparsed"
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