diff --git a/qa/coccinelle/siginit.cocci b/qa/coccinelle/siginit.cocci
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a2193be40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/coccinelle/siginit.cocci
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+@siginit@
+identifier func =~ "Detect.*Setup";
+expression E1;
+position p1;
+identifier de_ctx, s, str, error;
+type DetectEngineCtx, Signature;
+@@
+
+func(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *str) {
+...
+SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, ...)@p1;
+...
+if (s->alproto != E1 && ...) {
+...
+goto error;
+}
+...
+}
+
+
+@script:python@
+p1 << siginit.p1;
+@@
+print "SigMatch added at %s:%s but error handling can cause it to be freed later." % (p1[0].file, p1[0].line)
+import sys
+sys.exit(1)