diff --git a/src/flow-manager.c b/src/flow-manager.c
index 5085f2b5fe..ac4f22b1f3 100644
--- a/src/flow-manager.c
+++ b/src/flow-manager.c
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ void FlowManagerThreadSpawn()
     ThreadVars *tv_flowmgr = NULL;
 
     SCCondInit(&flow_manager_cond, NULL);
+    SCMutexInit(&flow_manager_mutex, NULL);
 
     tv_flowmgr = TmThreadCreateMgmtThread("FlowManagerThread",
                                           FlowManagerThread, 0);