diff --git a/src/detect.c b/src/detect.c
index bb3dcb9df5..537ecfa41b 100644
--- a/src/detect.c
+++ b/src/detect.c
@@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ static inline void DetectRunAppendDefaultAppPolicyAlert(DetectEngineThreadCtx *d
         const Signature *s = ap->alert_signature;
         BUG_ON(s == NULL);
         uint8_t alert_flags = apply_to_packet ? PACKET_ALERT_FLAG_APPLY_ACTION_TO_PACKET : 0;
-        AlertQueueAppendAppTx(det_ctx, s, p, tx->tx_id, tx->tx_type, alert_flags);
+        AlertQueueAppendAppTxFromPacket(det_ctx, s, p, tx->tx_id, tx->tx_type, alert_flags);
     }
 }