diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 9f02eb32a..174d6fd7b 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -1998,11 +1998,11 @@ main() {
     # Testing that salt-master is up by checking that is it connected to itself
     check_saltmaster_status
 
-    # update the salt-minion configs here and start the minion
+    # update the salt-master and salt-minion configs here and start the minion
     # since highstate are disabled above, minion start should not trigger a highstate
     echo ""
-    echo "Ensuring salt-minion configs are up-to-date."
-    salt-call state.apply salt.minion -l info queue=True
+    echo "Ensuring salt-master and salt-minion configs are up-to-date."
+    salt-call state.apply salt.master -l info queue=True
     echo ""
 
     # ensure the mine is updated and populated before highstates run, following the salt-master restart