diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-minion b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-minion
index 4a6e5b7c7..d696e14c6 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-minion
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-minion
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ function getinstallinfo() {
 
 function pcapspace() {
 	if [[ "$OPERATION" == "setup" ]]; then
-		local SPACESIZE=$(df -h /nsm | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}')
+		local SPACESIZE=$(df -k /nsm | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}' | tr -d \n)
 	else
 
 		local NSMSIZE=$(salt '$MINION_ID' disk.usage --out=json | jq -r '.[]."/nsm"."1K-blocks" ')