diff --git a/src/util-mpm-ac-ks.c b/src/util-mpm-ac-ks.c
index 58dbfbc44a..035ba3a9b3 100644
--- a/src/util-mpm-ac-ks.c
+++ b/src/util-mpm-ac-ks.c
@@ -648,6 +648,21 @@ static inline void SCACTileCreateDeltaTable(MpmCtx *mpm_ctx)
     SCACStateQueueFree(q);
 }
 
+/**
+ * \internal
+ * \brief Compute the size in bytes of the delta table.
+ * \retval size table size in bytes, or 0 if the multiplication overflows
+ */
+static inline size_t SCACTileStateTableSize(
+        uint32_t state_count, uint8_t bytes_per_state, uint16_t alphabet_storage)
+{
+    size_t size = MpmCheckSafeSizetMult((size_t)state_count, (size_t)bytes_per_state);
+    if (size == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return MpmCheckSafeSizetMult(size, (size_t)alphabet_storage);
+}
+
 static void SCACTileClubOutputStatePresenceWithDeltaTable(MpmCtx *mpm_ctx)
 {
     SCACTileSearchCtx *search_ctx = (SCACTileSearchCtx *)mpm_ctx->ctx;
@@ -657,7 +672,11 @@ static void SCACTileClubOutputStatePresenceWithDeltaTable(MpmCtx *mpm_ctx)
     uint32_t state = 0;
 
     /* Allocate next-state table. */
-    int size = ctx->state_count * ctx->bytes_per_state * ctx->alphabet_storage;
+    size_t size =
+            SCACTileStateTableSize(ctx->state_count, ctx->bytes_per_state, ctx->alphabet_storage);
+    if (unlikely(size == 0)) {
+        FatalError("ac-ks state table size overflow");
+    }
     void *state_table = SCCalloc(1, size);
     if (unlikely(state_table == NULL)) {
         FatalError("Error allocating memory");
@@ -667,8 +686,8 @@ static void SCACTileClubOutputStatePresenceWithDeltaTable(MpmCtx *mpm_ctx)
     mpm_ctx->memory_cnt++;
     mpm_ctx->memory_size += size;
 
-    SCLogDebug("Delta Table size %d,  alphabet: %d, %d-byte states: %d",
-              size, ctx->alphabet_size, ctx->bytes_per_state, ctx->state_count);
+    SCLogDebug("Delta Table size %" PRIuMAX ",  alphabet: %d, %d-byte states: %d", (uintmax_t)size,
+            ctx->alphabet_size, ctx->bytes_per_state, ctx->state_count);
 
     /* Copy next state from Goto table, which is 32 bits and encode it into the next
      * state table, which can be 1, 2 or 4 bytes each and include if there is an
@@ -975,8 +994,8 @@ static void SCACTileDestroyInitCtx(MpmCtx *mpm_ctx)
         SCFree(ctx->state_table);
 
         mpm_ctx->memory_cnt--;
-        mpm_ctx->memory_size -= (ctx->state_count *
-                                 ctx->bytes_per_state * ctx->alphabet_storage);
+        mpm_ctx->memory_size -= SCACTileStateTableSize(
+                ctx->state_count, ctx->bytes_per_state, ctx->alphabet_storage);
     }
 
     if (ctx->output_table != NULL) {
diff --git a/src/util-mpm-ac.c b/src/util-mpm-ac.c
index 9f24bfc46c..bb747e34e8 100644
--- a/src/util-mpm-ac.c
+++ b/src/util-mpm-ac.c
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ static void SCACGetConfig(void)
  */
 static inline size_t SCACCheckSafeSizetMult(size_t a, size_t b)
 {
-    /* check for safety of multiplication operation */
-    if (b > 0 && a > SIZE_MAX / b) {
+    size_t size = MpmCheckSafeSizetMult(a, b);
+    if (size == 0 && a != 0 && b != 0) {
         SCLogError("%" PRIuMAX " * %" PRIuMAX " > %" PRIuMAX
                    " would overflow size_t calculating buffer size",
                 (uintmax_t)a, (uintmax_t)b, (uintmax_t)SIZE_MAX);
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
-    return a * b;
+    return size;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/util-mpm.h b/src/util-mpm.h
index 89699591d3..1ee38a5640 100644
--- a/src/util-mpm.h
+++ b/src/util-mpm.h
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ typedef struct PrefilterRuleStore_ PrefilterRuleStore;
 
 #define MPM_INIT_HASH_SIZE 65536
 
+/**
+ * \brief Multiply two size_t values with overflow detection.
+ * \param a First factor.
+ * \param b Second factor.
+ * \retval The product a * b, or 0 if the multiplication overflows.
+ */
+static inline size_t MpmCheckSafeSizetMult(size_t a, size_t b)
+{
+    if (b > 0 && a > SIZE_MAX / b) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return a * b;
+}
+
 enum {
     MPM_NOTSET = 0,