diff --git a/src/app-layer-dns-udp.c b/src/app-layer-dns-udp.c
index bd3a694c41..6a9e1cf50d 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-dns-udp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-dns-udp.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ void RegisterDNSUDPParsers(void) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if (AppLayerParserConfParserEnabled("tcp", proto_name)) {
+    if (AppLayerParserConfParserEnabled("udp", proto_name)) {
         AppLayerParserRegisterParser(IPPROTO_UDP, ALPROTO_DNS, STREAM_TOSERVER,
                                      DNSUDPRequestParse);
         AppLayerParserRegisterParser(IPPROTO_UDP, ALPROTO_DNS, STREAM_TOCLIENT,