diff --git a/src/app-layer-htp.c b/src/app-layer-htp.c
index d7d9233d59..cf8123b9a7 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-htp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-htp.c
@@ -2310,14 +2310,8 @@ static int HTPCallbackRequestLine(htp_tx_t *tx)
         return HTP_OK;
 
     tx_ud = htp_tx_get_user_data(tx);
-    if (likely(tx_ud == NULL)) {
-        tx_ud = HTPMalloc(sizeof(*tx_ud));
-        if (unlikely(tx_ud == NULL)) {
-            bstr_free(request_uri_normalized);
-            return HTP_OK;
-        }
-        memset(tx_ud, 0, sizeof(*tx_ud));
-        htp_tx_set_user_data(tx, tx_ud);
+    if (unlikely(tx_ud == NULL)) {
+        return HTP_OK;
     }
     if (unlikely(tx_ud->request_uri_normalized != NULL))
         bstr_free(tx_ud->request_uri_normalized);