diff --git a/src/stream-tcp.c b/src/stream-tcp.c
index e2d0e40dc0..7c13172d33 100644
--- a/src/stream-tcp.c
+++ b/src/stream-tcp.c
@@ -470,6 +470,11 @@ void StreamTcpInitConfig(bool quiet)
     stream_config.reassembly_memcap_policy =
             ExceptionPolicyParse("stream.reassembly.memcap-policy", true);
     stream_config.midstream_policy = ExceptionPolicyParse("stream.midstream-policy", true);
+    if (stream_config.midstream && stream_config.midstream_policy != EXCEPTION_POLICY_NOT_SET) {
+        SCLogWarning("stream.midstream_policy setting conflicting with stream.midstream enabled. "
+                     "Ignoring stream.midstream_policy.");
+        stream_config.midstream_policy = EXCEPTION_POLICY_NOT_SET;
+    }
 
     if (!quiet) {
         SCLogConfig("stream.\"inline\": %s",