diff --git a/sau/freebsd.py b/sau/freebsd.py
index b8f11da..bf5c929 100644
--- a/sau/freebsd.py
+++ b/sau/freebsd.py
@@ -151,27 +151,26 @@ def pkg_upgrade():
         else:
             log.debug('configured level {} < pkg level {}'.format(diff, pkg['upgrade_level']))
             pkg['upgrade'] = False
-    
-    upgradables = [x['pkg'] for x in upgrades if x['upgrade'] ]
-    if upgradables:
-        cmd = [ PKG_PATH, 'upgrade', '-yq' ] + upgradables
-        log.debug('Executing "{}"'.format(' '.join(cmd)))
-        proc = subprocess.Popen(
-                cmd,
-                stdout = subprocess.PIPE,
-                stderr = subprocess.PIPE)
-        out, err = proc.communicate()
-        out = out.decode('utf-8')
-        err = err.decode('utf-8')
-        if proc.returncode != 0 or err:
-            log.warning('{} failed:'.format(' '.join(cmd)))
-            for line in out.splitlines():
-                log.warning('stdout: {}'.format(line))
-            for line in err.splitlines():
-                log.warning('stderr: {}'.format(line))
 
     for pkg in [x for x in upgrades if not x['upgrade']]:
-        log.warning('Package require manual upgrade: {}  {} -> {}'.format(pkg['pkg'], pkg['version_old'], pkg['version_new']))
+        log.warning('Package require manual upgrade, no upgrades done: {}  {} -> {}'.format(pkg['pkg'], pkg['version_old'], pkg['version_new']))
+        return False
+    
+    cmd = [ PKG_PATH, 'upgrade', '-yq' ]
+    log.debug('Executing "{}"'.format(' '.join(cmd)))
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(
+            cmd,
+            stdout = subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr = subprocess.PIPE)
+    out, err = proc.communicate()
+    out = out.decode('utf-8')
+    err = err.decode('utf-8')
+    if proc.returncode != 0 or err:
+        log.warning('{} failed:'.format(' '.join(cmd)))
+        for line in out.splitlines():
+            log.warning('stdout: {}'.format(line))
+        for line in err.splitlines():
+            log.warning('stderr: {}'.format(line))
 
     return True