diff --git a/src/detect-parse.c b/src/detect-parse.c
index c2f513ae37..43df59f239 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.c
+++ b/src/detect-parse.c
@@ -5112,26 +5112,16 @@ end:
  */
 static int SigParseTestAppLayerTLS03(void)
 {
-    int result = 0;
-    DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx;
-    Signature *s=NULL;
-
-    de_ctx = DetectEngineCtxInit();
-    if (de_ctx == NULL)
-        goto end;
+    DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx = DetectEngineCtxInit();
+    FAIL_IF_NULL(de_ctx);
     de_ctx->flags |= DE_QUIET;
 
-    s = SigInit(de_ctx,"alert tls any any -> any any (msg:\"SigParseTestAppLayerTLS03 \"; tls.version:2.5; sid:410006; rev:1;)");
-    if (s != NULL) {
-        SigFree(de_ctx, s);
-        goto end;
-    }
-
-    result = 1;
-end:
-    if (de_ctx != NULL)
-        DetectEngineCtxFree(de_ctx);
-    return result;
+    Signature *s = DetectEngineAppendSig(de_ctx,
+            "alert tls any any -> any any (msg:\"SigParseTestAppLayerTLS03 \"; "
+            "tls.version:2.5; sid:410006; rev:1;)");
+    FAIL_IF_NOT_NULL(s);
+    DetectEngineCtxFree(de_ctx);
+    PASS;
 }
 
 static int SigParseTestUnbalancedQuotes01(void)