diff --git a/src/detect.c b/src/detect.c
index 03fa8437068d..43c2f5e78c86 100644
--- a/src/detect.c
+++ b/src/detect.c
@@ -813,15 +813,16 @@ static inline void DetectRulePacketRules(
         DetectRunPostMatch(tv, det_ctx, p, s);
 
         uint64_t txid = PACKET_ALERT_NOTX;
-        if ((alert_flags & PACKET_ALERT_FLAG_STREAM_MATCH) ||
-                (s->alproto != ALPROTO_UNKNOWN && pflow->proto == IPPROTO_UDP)) {
-            // if there is a stream match (TCP), or
-            // a UDP specific app-layer signature,
-            // try to use the good tx for the packet direction
-            if (pflow->alstate) {
-                uint8_t dir =
-                        (p->flowflags & FLOW_PKT_TOCLIENT) ? STREAM_TOCLIENT : STREAM_TOSERVER;
-                txid = AppLayerParserGetTransactionInspectId(pflow->alparser, dir);
+        if (pflow && pflow->alstate) {
+            uint8_t dir = (p->flowflags & FLOW_PKT_TOCLIENT) ? STREAM_TOCLIENT : STREAM_TOSERVER;
+            txid = AppLayerParserGetTransactionInspectId(pflow->alparser, dir);
+            if ((alert_flags & PACKET_ALERT_FLAG_STREAM_MATCH) ||
+                    (s->alproto != ALPROTO_UNKNOWN && pflow->proto == IPPROTO_UDP) ||
+                    AppLayerParserGetTxCnt(pflow, pflow->alstate) == txid + 1) {
+                // if there is a stream match (TCP), or
+                // a UDP specific app-layer signature,
+                // or only one live transaction
+                // try to use the good tx for the packet direction
                 void *tx_ptr =
                         AppLayerParserGetTx(pflow->proto, pflow->alproto, pflow->alstate, txid);
                 AppLayerTxData *txd =