diff --git a/src/tests/detect.c b/src/tests/detect.c
index b568fcf350..4f62893a79 100644
--- a/src/tests/detect.c
+++ b/src/tests/detect.c
@@ -4453,7 +4453,6 @@ static int SigTestDetectAlertCounter(void)
  *        triggered a drop action on IPS mode */
 static int SigTestDropFlow01(void)
 {
-    int result = 0;
     Flow f;
     HtpState *http_state = NULL;
     uint8_t http_buf1[] = "POST /one HTTP/1.0\r\n"
@@ -4487,69 +4486,40 @@ static int SigTestDropFlow01(void)
     StreamTcpInitConfig(true);
 
     DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx = DetectEngineCtxInit();
-    if (de_ctx == NULL) {
-        goto end;
-    }
+    FAIL_IF_NULL(de_ctx);
     de_ctx->flags |= DE_QUIET;
 
     s = de_ctx->sig_list = SigInit(de_ctx, "drop http any any -> any any "
                                    "(msg:\"Test proto match\"; "
                                    "sid:1;)");
-    if (s == NULL) {
-        goto end;
-    }
+    FAIL_IF_NULL(s);
 
     SigGroupBuild(de_ctx);
     DetectEngineThreadCtxInit(&tv, (void *)de_ctx, (void *)&det_ctx);
 
-    FLOWLOCK_WRLOCK(&f);
     int r = AppLayerParserParse(
             NULL, alp_tctx, &f, ALPROTO_HTTP1, STREAM_TOSERVER, http_buf1, http_buf1_len);
-    if (r != 0) {
-        printf("toserver chunk 1 returned %" PRId32 ", expected 0: ", r);
-        FLOWLOCK_UNLOCK(&f);
-        goto end;
-    }
-    FLOWLOCK_UNLOCK(&f);
+    FAIL_IF_NOT(r == 0);
 
     http_state = f.alstate;
-    if (http_state == NULL) {
-        printf("no http state: ");
-        goto end;
-    }
+    FAIL_IF_NULL(http_state);
 
     /* do detect */
     SigMatchSignatures(&tv, de_ctx, det_ctx, p);
 
-    if (!PacketAlertCheck(p, 1)) {
-        printf("sig 1 didn't alert, but it should: ");
-        goto end;
-    }
-
-    if ( !(p->flow->flags & FLOW_ACTION_DROP)) {
-        printf("sig 1 alerted but flow was not flagged correctly: ");
-        goto end;
-    }
-
-    /* Ok, now we know that the flag is set for proto http */
+    FAIL_IF_NOT(PacketAlertCheck(p, 1));
 
-    result = 1;
+    FAIL_IF_NOT(p->flow->flags & FLOW_ACTION_DROP);
 
-end:
-    if (alp_tctx != NULL)
-        AppLayerParserThreadCtxFree(alp_tctx);
-    if (det_ctx != NULL)
-        DetectEngineThreadCtxDeinit(&tv, det_ctx);
-    if (de_ctx != NULL)
-        SigGroupCleanup(de_ctx);
-    if (de_ctx != NULL)
-        DetectEngineCtxFree(de_ctx);
+    AppLayerParserThreadCtxFree(alp_tctx);
+    DetectEngineThreadCtxDeinit(&tv, det_ctx);
+    DetectEngineCtxFree(de_ctx);
 
     StreamTcpFreeConfig(true);
     FLOW_DESTROY(&f);
 
     UTHFreePackets(&p, 1);
-    return result;
+    PASS;
 }
 
 /** \test test if the engine set flag to drop pkts of a flow that