diff --git a/src/decode.c b/src/decode.c
index 8989f4f917..4a0f80aebc 100644
--- a/src/decode.c
+++ b/src/decode.c
@@ -308,13 +308,17 @@ Packet *PacketDefragPktSetup(Packet *parent, uint8_t *pkt, uint16_t len, uint8_t
     SCReturnPtr(p, "Packet");
 }
 
-void PacketDefragPktFinishSetup(Packet *p, Packet *parent)
+/**
+ *  \brief inform defrag "parent" that a pseudo packet is
+ *         now assosiated to it.
+ */
+void PacketDefragPktSetupParent(Packet *parent)
 {
     /* tell parent packet it's part of a tunnel */
     SET_TUNNEL_PKT(parent);
 
     /* increment tunnel packet refcnt in the root packet */
-    TUNNEL_INCR_PKT_TPR(p);
+    TUNNEL_INCR_PKT_TPR(parent);
 
     /* disable payload (not packet) inspection on the parent, as the payload
      * is the packet we will now run through the system separately. We do
diff --git a/src/decode.h b/src/decode.h
index fe98764f4e..90846886f5 100644
--- a/src/decode.h
+++ b/src/decode.h
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ void DecodeRegisterPerfCounters(DecodeThreadVars *, ThreadVars *);
 Packet *PacketTunnelPktSetup(ThreadVars *tv, DecodeThreadVars *dtv, Packet *parent,
                              uint8_t *pkt, uint16_t len, uint8_t proto, PacketQueue *pq);
 Packet *PacketDefragPktSetup(Packet *parent, uint8_t *pkt, uint16_t len, uint8_t proto);
-void PacketDefragPktFinishSetup(Packet *p, Packet *parent);
+void PacketDefragPktSetupParent(Packet *parent);
 Packet *PacketGetFromQueueOrAlloc(void);
 Packet *PacketGetFromAlloc(void);
 void PacketFree(Packet *p);
diff --git a/src/defrag.c b/src/defrag.c
index f0dccc5fa7..01d8c6c907 100644
--- a/src/defrag.c
+++ b/src/defrag.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ insert:
                                IPV4_GET_IPLEN(r), pq) != TM_ECODE_OK) {
                     TmqhOutputPacketpool(tv, r);
                 } else {
-                    PacketDefragPktFinishSetup(r, p);
+                    PacketDefragPktSetupParent(p);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ insert:
                                pq) != TM_ECODE_OK) {
                     TmqhOutputPacketpool(tv, r);
                 } else {
-                    PacketDefragPktFinishSetup(r, p);
+                    PacketDefragPktSetupParent(p);
                 }
             }
         }