diff --git a/src/app-layer-ssl.h b/src/app-layer-ssl.h
index d58bcef0e0..f7985cff56 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-ssl.h
+++ b/src/app-layer-ssl.h
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ typedef struct SSLStateConnp_ {
     uint32_t handshake_length;
 
     /* the no of bytes processed in the currently parsed record */
-    uint16_t bytes_processed;
+    uint32_t bytes_processed;
     /* the no of bytes processed in the currently parsed handshake */
     uint16_t hs_bytes_processed;