diff --git a/src/flow-worker.c b/src/flow-worker.c
index 1363e27b88..c659fe3956 100644
--- a/src/flow-worker.c
+++ b/src/flow-worker.c
@@ -399,6 +399,13 @@ static inline void FlowWorkerStreamTCPUpdate(ThreadVars *tv, FlowWorkerThreadDat
 
         OutputLoggerLog(tv, x, fw->output_thread);
 
+        FramesPrune(x->flow, x);
+        /*  Release tcp segments. Done here after alerting can use them. */
+        FLOWWORKER_PROFILING_START(x, PROFILE_FLOWWORKER_TCPPRUNE);
+        StreamTcpPruneSession(
+                x->flow, x->flowflags & FLOW_PKT_TOSERVER ? STREAM_TOSERVER : STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+        FLOWWORKER_PROFILING_END(x, PROFILE_FLOWWORKER_TCPPRUNE);
+
         if (timeout) {
             PacketPoolReturnPacket(x);
         } else {