diff --git a/src/tests/fuzz/fuzz_sigpcap.c b/src/tests/fuzz/fuzz_sigpcap.c
index d177c7c09d..37066b6834 100644
--- a/src/tests/fuzz/fuzz_sigpcap.c
+++ b/src/tests/fuzz/fuzz_sigpcap.c
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
     if (DetectEngineReload(&surifuzz) < 0) {
         return 0;
     }
+    DetectEngineThreadCtx *old_det_ctx = FlowWorkerGetDetectCtxPtr(fwd);
+
+    DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx = DetectEngineGetCurrent();
+    de_ctx->ref_cnt--;
+    DetectEngineThreadCtx *new_det_ctx = DetectEngineThreadCtxInitForReload(&tv, de_ctx, 1);
+    FlowWorkerReplaceDetectCtx(fwd, new_det_ctx);
+
+    DetectEngineThreadCtxDeinit(NULL, old_det_ctx);
+
     if (pos < size) {
         //skip zero
         pos++;