diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 7d94fcf55..39c684c08 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -697,7 +697,6 @@ playbook_migration() {
 
         echo "Backing up the Elastalert rules..."
         rsync -av --stats /opt/so/rules/elastalert/playbook/*.{yaml,yml} /nsm/backup/detections-migration/elastalert/
-    fi
 
         # Verify that rsync completed successfully
         if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then