diff --git a/src/app-layer-htp-mem.c b/src/app-layer-htp-mem.c
index a6b37ac20f..ff36ca937c 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-htp-mem.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-htp-mem.c
@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ void HTPFree(void *ptr, size_t size)
     HTPDecrMemuse((uint64_t)size);
 }
 
+void HTPDestroyMemcap(void)
+{
+    SC_ATOMIC_DESTROY(htp_config_memcap);
+    SC_ATOMIC_DESTROY(htp_memcap);
+    SC_ATOMIC_DESTROY(htp_memuse);
+}
 
 /**
  * @}
diff --git a/src/app-layer-htp-mem.h b/src/app-layer-htp-mem.h
index 414b48821a..8c5112e1e8 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-htp-mem.h
+++ b/src/app-layer-htp-mem.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ void *HTPMalloc(size_t size);
 void *HTPCalloc(size_t n, size_t size);
 void *HTPRealloc(void *ptr, size_t orig_size, size_t size);
 void HTPFree(void *ptr, size_t size);
+void HTPDestroyMemcap(void);
 
 int HTPSetMemcap(uint64_t size);
 uint64_t HTPGetMemcap(void);
diff --git a/src/app-layer-htp.c b/src/app-layer-htp.c
index d8a3308856..e424872a30 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-htp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-htp.c
@@ -1916,6 +1916,7 @@ void HTPFreeConfig(void)
         htp_config_destroy(htprec->cfg);
         SCFree(htprec);
     }
+    HTPDestroyMemcap();
     SCReturn;
 }