diff --git a/src/detect-engine-mpm.c b/src/detect-engine-mpm.c
index 2a1902972f..77f52dd0f5 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-mpm.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-mpm.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ int PatternMatchPrepareGroup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, SigGroupHead *sh)
             if (sh->mpm_content_maxlen > content_maxlen)
                 sh->mpm_content_maxlen = content_maxlen;
         }
-        if (uricontent_maxlen) {
+        if (uricontent_cnt) {
             if (sh->mpm_uricontent_maxlen == 0) sh->mpm_uricontent_maxlen = uricontent_maxlen;
             if (sh->mpm_uricontent_maxlen > uricontent_maxlen)
                 sh->mpm_uricontent_maxlen = uricontent_maxlen;
@@ -341,9 +341,9 @@ int PatternMatchPrepareGroup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, SigGroupHead *sh)
                 if (sh->mpm_uricontent_maxlen >= ud->uricontent_len) {
 
                     if (ud->flags & DETECT_URICONTENT_NOCASE) {
-                        sh->mpm_uri_ctx->AddPatternNocase(sh->mpm_uri_scan_ctx, ud->uricontent, ud->uricontent_len, ud->id);
+                        sh->mpm_uri_scan_ctx->AddPatternNocase(sh->mpm_uri_scan_ctx, ud->uricontent, ud->uricontent_len, ud->id);
                     } else {
-                        sh->mpm_uri_ctx->AddPattern(sh->mpm_uri_scan_ctx, ud->uricontent, ud->uricontent_len, ud->id);
+                        sh->mpm_uri_scan_ctx->AddPattern(sh->mpm_uri_scan_ctx, ud->uricontent, ud->uricontent_len, ud->id);
                     }
                     break;
                 }
@@ -424,11 +424,6 @@ int PatternMatchPrepareGroup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, SigGroupHead *sh)
         //sh->mpm_uri_ctx->PrintCtx(sh->mpm_uri_ctx);
     }
 
-    //printf("Printing info...\n");
-    //sh->mpm_ctx.PrintCtx(&sh->mpm_ctx);
-    //sh->mpm_uri_ctx.PrintCtx(&sh->mpm_uri_ctx);
-    //printf("mpm_ctx %p\n", &sh->mpm_uri_ctx);
-
     return 0;
 error:
     /* XXX */
diff --git a/src/detect-uricontent.c b/src/detect-uricontent.c
index d9c1ff97f7..bdefdb795c 100644
--- a/src/detect-uricontent.c
+++ b/src/detect-uricontent.c
@@ -240,9 +240,13 @@ int DetectUricontentMatch (ThreadVars *t, PatternMatcherThread *pmt, Packet *p,
         return 0;
 
     if (pmt->de_have_httpuri == 1 && pmt->de_scanned_httpuri == 0) {
+        pmt->de_scanned_httpuri = 1;
+
+        //printf("DetectUricontentMatch: pmt->sgh %p, pmt->mcu %p, pmt->mcu_scan %p\n", pmt->sgh, pmt->mcu, pmt->mcu_scan);
+
         /* don't bother scanning if we don't have a pattern matcher ctx
          * which means we don't have uricontent sigs */
-        if (pmt->mcu == NULL)
+        if (pmt->mcu == NULL || pmt->mcu_scan == NULL)
             return 0;
 
         //printf("DetectUricontentMatch: going to scan uri buffer(s)\n");
@@ -251,7 +255,6 @@ int DetectUricontentMatch (ThreadVars *t, PatternMatcherThread *pmt, Packet *p,
         u_int8_t i;
         for (i = 0; i < p->http_uri.cnt; i++) {
             //printf("p->http_uri.raw_size[%u] %u, %p, %s\n", i, p->http_uri.raw_size[i], p->http_uri.raw[i], p->http_uri.raw[i]);
-            //printf("pmt->mcu %p, pmt->mcu_scan %p\n", pmt->mcu, pmt->mcu_scan);
 
             if (pmt->sgh->mpm_uricontent_maxlen <= p->http_uri.raw_size[i]) {
                 if (pmt->sgh->mpm_uricontent_maxlen == 1)      pmt->pkts_uri_scanned1++;
@@ -273,7 +276,6 @@ int DetectUricontentMatch (ThreadVars *t, PatternMatcherThread *pmt, Packet *p,
                 //printf("DetectUricontentMatch: ret %u\n", ret);
             }
         }
-        pmt->de_scanned_httpuri = 1;
 
         //printf("DetectUricontentMatch: final ret %u\n", ret);
         if (ret == 0)
diff --git a/src/detect.c b/src/detect.c
index 5bb005de62..ea713ec8ca 100644
--- a/src/detect.c
+++ b/src/detect.c
@@ -1410,6 +1410,7 @@ static int BuildDestinationAddressHeads(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectAddressGr
                         de_ctx->mpm_uri_unique++;
                     } else {
                         sgr->sh->mpm_uri_ctx = mpmsh->mpm_uri_ctx;
+                        sgr->sh->mpm_uri_scan_ctx = mpmsh->mpm_uri_scan_ctx;
                         sgr->sh->flags |= SIG_GROUP_HEAD_MPM_URI_COPY;
                         SigGroupHeadClearUricontent(sgr->sh);
 
@@ -1809,6 +1810,7 @@ static int BuildDestinationAddressHeadsWithBothPorts(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, De
                                         de_ctx->mpm_uri_unique++;
                                     } else {
                                         dp->sh->mpm_uri_ctx = mpmsh->mpm_uri_ctx;
+                                        dp->sh->mpm_uri_scan_ctx = mpmsh->mpm_uri_scan_ctx;
                                         dp->sh->flags |= SIG_GROUP_HEAD_MPM_URI_COPY;
                                         SigGroupHeadClearUricontent(dp->sh);