diff --git a/src/detect-engine.c b/src/detect-engine.c
index cf43590fc4..73d5e3e991 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine.c
@@ -1433,6 +1433,20 @@ static TmEcode DetectEngineThreadCtxInitForLiveRuleSwap(ThreadVars *tv, void *in
     /** alert counter setup */
     det_ctx->counter_alerts = SCPerfTVRegisterCounter("detect.alert", tv,
                                                       SC_PERF_TYPE_UINT64, "NULL");
+#ifdef PROFILING
+    uint16_t counter_mpm_list = SCPerfTVRegisterAvgCounter("detect.mpm_list", tv,
+                                                      SC_PERF_TYPE_UINT64, "NULL");
+    uint16_t counter_nonmpm_list = SCPerfTVRegisterAvgCounter("detect.nonmpm_list", tv,
+                                                      SC_PERF_TYPE_UINT64, "NULL");
+    uint16_t counter_fnonmpm_list = SCPerfTVRegisterAvgCounter("detect.fnonmpm_list", tv,
+                                                      SC_PERF_TYPE_UINT64, "NULL");
+    uint16_t counter_match_list = SCPerfTVRegisterAvgCounter("detect.match_list", tv,
+                                                      SC_PERF_TYPE_UINT64, "NULL");
+    det_ctx->counter_mpm_list = counter_mpm_list;
+    det_ctx->counter_nonmpm_list = counter_nonmpm_list;
+    det_ctx->counter_fnonmpm_list = counter_fnonmpm_list;
+    det_ctx->counter_match_list = counter_match_list;
+#endif
     /* no counter creation here */
 
     /* pass thread data back to caller */