diff --git a/src/detect-content.c b/src/detect-content.c
index 27a7f51254..565d745e3b 100644
--- a/src/detect-content.c
+++ b/src/detect-content.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ SigMatch *SigMatchGetLastPattern(Signature *s) {
     BUG_ON(s == NULL);
 
     SigMatch *co_sm = DetectContentFindPrevApplicableSM(s->pmatch_tail);
-    SigMatch *ur_sm = SigMatchGetLastSM(s->match, DETECT_URICONTENT);
+    SigMatch *ur_sm = SigMatchGetLastSM(s->match_tail, DETECT_URICONTENT);
     SigMatch *sm = NULL;
 
     if (co_sm != NULL && ur_sm != NULL) {
diff --git a/src/detect-detection-filter.c b/src/detect-detection-filter.c
index f10b51fa04..e25e93afec 100644
--- a/src/detect-detection-filter.c
+++ b/src/detect-detection-filter.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static pcre *parse_regex;
 static pcre_extra *parse_regex_study;
 
 int DetectDetectionFilterMatch(ThreadVars *, DetectEngineThreadCtx *, Packet *, Signature *, SigMatch *);
-int DetectDetectionFilterSetup(DetectEngineCtx *, Signature *, SigMatch *, char *);
+static int DetectDetectionFilterSetup(DetectEngineCtx *, Signature *, char *);
 void DetectDetectionFilterRegisterTests(void);
 void DetectDetectionFilterFree(void *);
 
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ void DetectDetectionFilterRegister (void) {
     sigmatch_table[DETECT_DETECTION_FILTER].Setup = DetectDetectionFilterSetup;
     sigmatch_table[DETECT_DETECTION_FILTER].Free = DetectDetectionFilterFree;
     sigmatch_table[DETECT_DETECTION_FILTER].RegisterTests = DetectDetectionFilterRegisterTests;
+    /* this is compatible to ip-only signatures */
+    sigmatch_table[DETECT_DETECTION_FILTER].flags |= SIGMATCH_IPONLY_COMPAT;
 
     const char *eb;
     int eo;
@@ -187,20 +189,20 @@ error:
  * \retval 0 on Success
  * \retval -1 on Failure
  */
-int DetectDetectionFilterSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, SigMatch *m, char *rawstr) {
+int DetectDetectionFilterSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *rawstr) {
     SCEnter();
     DetectThresholdData *df = NULL;
     SigMatch *sm = NULL;
     SigMatch *tmpm = NULL;
 
     /* checks if there's a previous instance of threshold */
-    tmpm = SigMatchGetLastSM(s, DETECT_THRESHOLD);
+    tmpm = SigMatchGetLastSM(s->match_tail, DETECT_THRESHOLD);
     if (tmpm != NULL) {
         SCLogError(SC_ERR_INVALID_SIGNATURE, "\"detection_filter\" and \"threshold\" are not allowed in the same rule");
         SCReturnInt(-1);
     }
     /* checks there's no previous instance of detection_filter */
-    tmpm = SigMatchGetLastSM(s, DETECT_DETECTION_FILTER);
+    tmpm = SigMatchGetLastSM(s->match_tail, DETECT_DETECTION_FILTER);
     if (tmpm != NULL) {
         SCLogError(SC_ERR_INVALID_SIGNATURE, "At most one \"detection_filter\" is allowed per rule");
         SCReturnInt(-1);
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ int DetectDetectionFilterSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, SigMatch
     sm->type = DETECT_DETECTION_FILTER;
     sm->ctx = (void *)df;
 
-    SigMatchAppend(s,m,sm);
+    SigMatchAppendPacket(s, sm);
 
     return 0;
 
@@ -381,6 +383,8 @@ static int DetectDetectionFilterTestSig1(void) {
     p.ip4h = &ip4h;
     p.ip4h->ip_src.s_addr = 0x01010101;
     p.ip4h->ip_dst.s_addr = 0x02020202;
+    p.sp = 1024;
+    p.dp = 80;
 
     DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx = DetectEngineCtxInit();
     if (de_ctx == NULL) {
@@ -389,7 +393,7 @@ static int DetectDetectionFilterTestSig1(void) {
 
     de_ctx->flags |= DE_QUIET;
 
-    s = de_ctx->sig_list = SigInit(de_ctx,"alert tcp any any -> any any (msg:\"detection_filter Test\"; detection_filter: track by_dst, count 4, seconds 60; sid:1;)");
+    s = de_ctx->sig_list = SigInit(de_ctx,"alert tcp any any -> any 80 (msg:\"detection_filter Test\"; detection_filter: track by_dst, count 4, seconds 60; sid:1;)");
     if (s == NULL) {
         goto end;
     }
@@ -454,6 +458,8 @@ static int DetectDetectionFilterTestSig2(void) {
     p.ip4h = &ip4h;
     p.ip4h->ip_src.s_addr = 0x01010101;
     p.ip4h->ip_dst.s_addr = 0x02020202;
+    p.sp = 1024;
+    p.dp = 80;
 
     DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx = DetectEngineCtxInit();
     if (de_ctx == NULL) {
@@ -462,7 +468,7 @@ static int DetectDetectionFilterTestSig2(void) {
 
     de_ctx->flags |= DE_QUIET;
 
-    s = de_ctx->sig_list = SigInit(de_ctx,"alert tcp any any -> any any (msg:\"detection_filter Test 2\"; detection_filter: track by_dst, count 4, seconds 60; sid:10;)");
+    s = de_ctx->sig_list = SigInit(de_ctx,"alert tcp any any -> any 80 (msg:\"detection_filter Test 2\"; detection_filter: track by_dst, count 4, seconds 60; sid:10;)");
     if (s == NULL) {
         goto end;
     }
diff --git a/src/detect-ftpbounce.c b/src/detect-ftpbounce.c
index 4147cef375..59ae710101 100644
--- a/src/detect-ftpbounce.c
+++ b/src/detect-ftpbounce.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ int DetectFtpbounceMatch(ThreadVars *t, DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
     if (!(PKT_IS_TCP(p)))
         return 0;
 
-    SigMatch *sm = SigMatchGetLastSM(s->pmatch, DETECT_CONTENT);
+    SigMatch *sm = SigMatchGetLastSM(s->pmatch_tail, DETECT_CONTENT);
     if (sm == NULL)
         return 0;
 
diff --git a/src/detect-parse.c b/src/detect-parse.c
index 2f703eda43..0f3bf84f89 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.c
+++ b/src/detect-parse.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ void SigMatchReplace(Signature *s, SigMatch *m, SigMatch *new) {
  * \brief Returns a pointer to the last SigMatch instance of a particular type
  *        in a Signature of the payload list.
  *
- * \param s    Pointer to the Signature.
+ * \param s    Pointer to the tail of the sigmatch list
  * \param type SigMatch type which has to be searched for in the Signature.
  *
  * \retval match Pointer to the last SigMatch instance of type 'type'.
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ SigMatch *SigMatchGetLastSM(SigMatch *sm, uint8_t type)
         if (sm->type == type) {
             return sm;
         }
-        sm = sm->next;
+        sm = sm->prev;
     }
 
     return NULL;
diff --git a/src/detect-threshold.c b/src/detect-threshold.c
index 9aa9d2c36c..f2e5acb693 100644
--- a/src/detect-threshold.c
+++ b/src/detect-threshold.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static int DetectThresholdSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *ra
     SigMatch *tmpm = NULL;
 
     /* checks if there is a previous instance of detection_filter */
-    tmpm = SigMatchGetLastSM(s, DETECT_DETECTION_FILTER);
+    tmpm = SigMatchGetLastSM(s->match_tail, DETECT_DETECTION_FILTER);
     if (tmpm != NULL) {
         SCLogError(SC_ERR_INVALID_SIGNATURE, "\"detection_filter\" and \"threshold\" are not allowed in the same rule");
         SCReturnInt(-1);