diff --git a/src/detect-engine.c b/src/detect-engine.c
index e3319d79aa..b176fedc86 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine.c
@@ -1986,6 +1986,7 @@ static DetectEngineCtx *DetectEngineCtxInitReal(enum DetectEngineType type, cons
     TAILQ_INIT(&de_ctx->sig_stat.failed_sigs);
     de_ctx->sigerror = NULL;
     de_ctx->type = type;
+    de_ctx->filemagic_thread_ctx_id = -1;
 
     if (type == DETECT_ENGINE_TYPE_DD_STUB || type == DETECT_ENGINE_TYPE_MT_STUB) {
         de_ctx->version = DetectEngineGetVersion();
diff --git a/src/detect-filemagic.c b/src/detect-filemagic.c
index 607f650cd8..7ca7cb2a9c 100644
--- a/src/detect-filemagic.c
+++ b/src/detect-filemagic.c
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ static int DetectEngineInspectFilemagic(
         const Signature *s,
         Flow *f, uint8_t flags, void *alstate, void *txv, uint64_t tx_id);
 
-static int g_magic_thread_ctx_id = -1;
-
 /**
  * \brief Registration function for keyword: filemagic
  */
@@ -251,10 +249,10 @@ static int DetectFilemagicSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, const ch
                 de_ctx, s, NULL, DETECT_FILE_MAGIC, g_file_magic_buffer_id, s->alproto) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    if (g_magic_thread_ctx_id == -1) {
-        g_magic_thread_ctx_id = DetectRegisterThreadCtxFuncs(
+    if (de_ctx->filemagic_thread_ctx_id == -1) {
+        de_ctx->filemagic_thread_ctx_id = DetectRegisterThreadCtxFuncs(
                 de_ctx, "filemagic", DetectFilemagicThreadInit, NULL, DetectFilemagicThreadFree, 1);
-        if (g_magic_thread_ctx_id == -1)
+        if (de_ctx->filemagic_thread_ctx_id == -1)
             return -1;
     }
     return 0;
@@ -276,11 +274,10 @@ static int DetectFilemagicSetupSticky(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, con
     if (DetectBufferSetActiveList(s, g_file_magic_buffer_id) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    if (g_magic_thread_ctx_id == -1) {
-        g_magic_thread_ctx_id = DetectRegisterThreadCtxFuncs(de_ctx, "filemagic",
-                DetectFilemagicThreadInit, NULL,
-                DetectFilemagicThreadFree, 1);
-        if (g_magic_thread_ctx_id == -1)
+    if (de_ctx->filemagic_thread_ctx_id == -1) {
+        de_ctx->filemagic_thread_ctx_id = DetectRegisterThreadCtxFuncs(
+                de_ctx, "filemagic", DetectFilemagicThreadInit, NULL, DetectFilemagicThreadFree, 1);
+        if (de_ctx->filemagic_thread_ctx_id == -1)
             return -1;
     }
     return 0;
@@ -301,7 +298,8 @@ static InspectionBuffer *FilemagicGetDataCallback(DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx
 
     if (cur_file->magic == NULL) {
         DetectFilemagicThreadData *tfilemagic =
-            (DetectFilemagicThreadData *)DetectThreadCtxGetKeywordThreadCtx(det_ctx, g_magic_thread_ctx_id);
+                (DetectFilemagicThreadData *)DetectThreadCtxGetKeywordThreadCtx(
+                        det_ctx, det_ctx->de_ctx->filemagic_thread_ctx_id);
         if (tfilemagic == NULL) {
             return NULL;
         }
diff --git a/src/detect.h b/src/detect.h
index 2aadd7fbf6..86d32939fe 100644
--- a/src/detect.h
+++ b/src/detect.h
@@ -807,6 +807,9 @@ typedef struct DetectEngineCtx_ {
     uint16_t mpm_matcher; /**< mpm matcher this ctx uses */
     uint16_t spm_matcher; /**< spm matcher this ctx uses */
 
+    /* registration id for per thread ctx for the filemagic/file.magic keywords */
+    int filemagic_thread_ctx_id;
+
     /* spm thread context prototype, built as spm matchers are constructed and
      * later used to construct thread context for each thread. */
     SpmGlobalThreadCtx *spm_global_thread_ctx;