diff --git a/src/flow-worker.c b/src/flow-worker.c
index b29486e335..8e2effcc1e 100644
--- a/src/flow-worker.c
+++ b/src/flow-worker.c
@@ -258,8 +258,10 @@ TmEcode FlowWorker(ThreadVars *tv, Packet *p, void *data, PacketQueue *preq, Pac
 
     /*  Release tcp segments. Done here after alerting can use them. */
     if (p->flow != NULL && p->proto == IPPROTO_TCP) {
+        FLOWWORKER_PROFILING_START(p, PROFILE_FLOWWORKER_TCPPRUNE);
         StreamTcpPruneSession(p->flow, p->flowflags & FLOW_PKT_TOSERVER ?
                 STREAM_TOSERVER : STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+        FLOWWORKER_PROFILING_END(p, PROFILE_FLOWWORKER_TCPPRUNE);
     }
 
     if (p->flow) {
@@ -295,6 +297,8 @@ const char *ProfileFlowWorkerIdToString(enum ProfileFlowWorkerId fwi)
             return "app-layer";
         case PROFILE_FLOWWORKER_DETECT:
             return "detect";
+        case PROFILE_FLOWWORKER_TCPPRUNE:
+            return "tcp-prune";
         case PROFILE_FLOWWORKER_SIZE:
             return "size";
     }
diff --git a/src/flow-worker.h b/src/flow-worker.h
index 418ea05d6c..2fc6d64328 100644
--- a/src/flow-worker.h
+++ b/src/flow-worker.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ enum ProfileFlowWorkerId {
     PROFILE_FLOWWORKER_STREAM,
     PROFILE_FLOWWORKER_APPLAYERUDP,
     PROFILE_FLOWWORKER_DETECT,
+    PROFILE_FLOWWORKER_TCPPRUNE,
     PROFILE_FLOWWORKER_SIZE
 };
 const char *ProfileFlowWorkerIdToString(enum ProfileFlowWorkerId fwi);