diff --git a/src/log-filestore.c b/src/log-filestore.c
index 39eb7dfdea..69b4a42de7 100644
--- a/src/log-filestore.c
+++ b/src/log-filestore.c
@@ -670,18 +670,14 @@ static OutputInitResult LogFilestoreLogInitCtx(ConfNode *conf)
         SCLogInfo("enabling pid as a part of all file names");
     }
 
+    StatsRegisterGlobalCounter("file_store.open_files",
+            LogFilestoreOpenFilesCounter);
+
     result.ctx = output_ctx;
     result.ok = true;
     SCReturnCT(result, "OutputInitResult");
 }
 
-
-void LogFilestoreInitConfig(void)
-{
-    StatsRegisterGlobalCounter("file_store.open_files", LogFilestoreOpenFilesCounter);
-}
-
-
 void LogFilestoreRegister (void)
 {
     OutputRegisterFiledataModule(LOGGER_FILE_STORE, MODULE_NAME, "file",
diff --git a/src/suricata.c b/src/suricata.c
index 120b5fc2a4..abeda7feaf 100644
--- a/src/suricata.c
+++ b/src/suricata.c
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@
 #include "host-storage.h"
 
 #include "util-lua.h"
-#include "log-filestore.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_RUST
 #include "rust.h"
@@ -2206,7 +2205,6 @@ void PreRunInit(const int runmode)
     DefragInit();
     FlowInitConfig(FLOW_QUIET);
     IPPairInitConfig(FLOW_QUIET);
-    LogFilestoreInitConfig();
     StreamTcpInitConfig(STREAM_VERBOSE);
     AppLayerParserPostStreamSetup();
     AppLayerRegisterGlobalCounters();