diff --git a/rust/Makefile.am b/rust/Makefile.am
index a687c37017..d547d8e3e4 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile.am
+++ b/rust/Makefile.am
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ if HAVE_BINDGEN
 		--allowlist-function 'File.*' \
 		--allowlist-type 'SC.*' \
 		--allowlist-type 'AppLayerEventType' \
+		--allowlist-type 'AppLayerGetFileState' \
 		--allowlist-type 'AppLayerGetTxIterState' \
 		--allowlist-function 'SC.*' \
 		--allowlist-var 'SC.*' \
diff --git a/rust/cbindgen.toml b/rust/cbindgen.toml
index 3a661747db..4122670374 100644
--- a/rust/cbindgen.toml
+++ b/rust/cbindgen.toml
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ include = [
     "StreamSlice",
     "AppLayerResult",
     "AppLayerStateData",
-    "AppLayerGetFileState",
     "AppLayerGetTxIterTuple",
     "RdpState",
     "SIPState",
diff --git a/rust/src/applayer.rs b/rust/src/applayer.rs
index 44495d1083..ac69659a64 100644
--- a/rust/src/applayer.rs
+++ b/rust/src/applayer.rs
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@
 use std;
 use crate::core::{self,AppLayerEventType, STREAM_TOSERVER};
 use crate::direction::Direction;
-use crate::filecontainer::FileContainer;
 use crate::flow::Flow;
 use std::os::raw::{c_void,c_char,c_int};
 use std::ffi::CStr;
-use crate::core::StreamingBufferConfig;
 
 // Make the AppLayerEvent derive macro available to users importing
 // AppLayerEvent from this module.
@@ -33,6 +31,7 @@ use suricata_sys::sys::{
     AppLayerDecoderEvents, AppLayerGetTxIterState, AppLayerParserState, AppProto,
     DetectEngineState, GenericVar,
 };
+pub use suricata_sys::sys::AppLayerGetFileState;
 #[cfg(not(test))]
 use suricata_sys::sys::{
     SCAppLayerDecoderEventsFreeEvents, SCAppLayerDecoderEventsSetEventRaw, SCDetectEngineStateFree,
@@ -478,16 +477,12 @@ macro_rules! build_slice {
     ($buf:ident, $len:expr) => ( std::slice::from_raw_parts($buf, $len) );
 }
 
-/// helper for the GetTxFilesFn. Not meant to be embedded as the config
-/// pointer is passed around in the API.
-#[allow(non_snake_case)]
-#[repr(C)]
-pub struct AppLayerGetFileState {
-    pub fc: *mut FileContainer,
-    pub cfg: *const StreamingBufferConfig,
+pub trait AppLayerGetFileStateRust {
+    fn err() -> Self;
 }
-impl AppLayerGetFileState {
-    pub fn err() -> AppLayerGetFileState {
+
+impl AppLayerGetFileStateRust for AppLayerGetFileState {
+    fn err() -> AppLayerGetFileState {
         AppLayerGetFileState { fc: std::ptr::null_mut(), cfg: std::ptr::null() }
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust/src/smb/files.rs b/rust/src/smb/files.rs
index 48dd089f78..0352eb7f0f 100644
--- a/rust/src/smb/files.rs
+++ b/rust/src/smb/files.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 use std;
+use crate::applayer::AppLayerGetFileStateRust;
 use crate::core::*;
 use crate::direction::Direction;
 use crate::filetracker::*;
diff --git a/rust/sys/src/sys.rs b/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
index 94f8ce3338..e179f0e1cc 100644
--- a/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
+++ b/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
@@ -1145,6 +1145,22 @@ impl Default for FileContainer_ {
     }
 }
 pub type FileContainer = FileContainer_;
+#[doc = " helper for the GetTxFilesFn. Not meant to be embedded as the config\n pointer is passed around in the API."]
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct AppLayerGetFileState {
+    pub fc: *mut FileContainer,
+    pub cfg: *const StreamingBufferConfig,
+}
+impl Default for AppLayerGetFileState {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        let mut s = ::std::mem::MaybeUninit::<Self>::uninit();
+        unsafe {
+            ::std::ptr::write_bytes(s.as_mut_ptr(), 0, 1);
+            s.assume_init()
+        }
+    }
+}
 extern "C" {
     #[doc = "  \\brief Store a chunk of file data in the flow. The open \"flowfile\"\n         will be used.\n\n  \\param ffc the container\n  \\param data data chunk\n  \\param data_len data chunk len\n\n  \\retval 0 ok\n  \\retval -1 error"]
     pub fn FileAppendData(
diff --git a/src/util-file.h b/src/util-file.h
index fd0bea0a9d..47ae3dd3eb 100644
--- a/src/util-file.h
+++ b/src/util-file.h
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ typedef struct FileContainer_ {
     File *tail;
 } FileContainer;
 
+/// helper for the GetTxFilesFn. Not meant to be embedded as the config
+/// pointer is passed around in the API.
+typedef struct AppLayerGetFileState {
+    FileContainer *fc;
+    const StreamingBufferConfig *cfg;
+} AppLayerGetFileState;
+
 /**
  *  \brief Store a chunk of file data in the flow. The open "flowfile"
  *         will be used.