diff --git a/src/app-layer-parser.c b/src/app-layer-parser.c
index b33a0144f7..2665648739 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-parser.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-parser.c
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ int AppLayerParserProtocolIsTxEventAware(uint8_t ipproto, AppProto alproto)
 {
     SCEnter();
     int ipproto_map = FlowGetProtoMapping(ipproto);
-    int r = (alp_ctx.ctxs[ipproto_map][alproto].StateHasEvents == NULL) ? 0 : 1;
+    int r = (alp_ctx.ctxs[ipproto_map][alproto].StateGetEvents == NULL) ? 0 : 1;
     SCReturnInt(r);
 }