diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elastic-auth b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elastic-auth
index 9e2843b5c..f6c19d76f 100644
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elastic-auth
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elastic-auth
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-. /usr/sbin/so-common 2> /dev/null
+if [ -f "/usr/sbin/so-common" ]; then
+  . /usr/sbin/so-common
+fi
 
 ES_AUTH_PILLAR=${ELASTIC_AUTH_PILLAR:-/opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/elasticsearch/auth.sls}
 ES_USERS_FILE=${ELASTIC_USERS_FILE:-/opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/elasticsearch/files/users}