diff --git a/src/util-unittest-helper.c b/src/util-unittest-helper.c
index 8e43c1d574..3b4b20e0ee 100644
--- a/src/util-unittest-helper.c
+++ b/src/util-unittest-helper.c
@@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ int UTHMatchPacketsWithResults(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Packet **p, int num_pack
     result = 1;
 cleanup:
     DetectEngineThreadCtxDeinit(&th_v, (void *)det_ctx);
+    StatsThreadCleanup(&th_v);
     return result;
 }