diff --git a/src/source-af-packet.c b/src/source-af-packet.c
index 0a3c5f00ed..5f31b42987 100644
--- a/src/source-af-packet.c
+++ b/src/source-af-packet.c
@@ -790,7 +790,8 @@ int AFPReadFromRing(AFPThreadVars *ptv)
         }
 
         /* get vlan id from header */
-        if ((!ptv->vlan_disabled) &&  h.h2->tp_vlan_tci) {
+        if ((!ptv->vlan_disabled) &&
+            (h.h2->tp_status & TP_STATUS_VLAN_VALID || h.h2->tp_vlan_tci)) {
             p->vlan_id[0] = h.h2->tp_vlan_tci;
             p->vlan_idx = 1;
             p->vlanh[0] = NULL;