diff --git a/src/stream-tcp.c b/src/stream-tcp.c
index 594b53b5be..1bf4983b64 100644
--- a/src/stream-tcp.c
+++ b/src/stream-tcp.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ void StreamTcpReturnStreamSegments (TcpStream *stream)
     }
 
     stream->seg_list = NULL;
+    stream->seg_list_tail = NULL;
 }
 
 /** \brief Function to return the stream back to the pool. It returns the