diff --git a/src/detect-byte-extract.c b/src/detect-byte-extract.c
index 948a996623..9eae71eb78 100644
--- a/src/detect-byte-extract.c
+++ b/src/detect-byte-extract.c
@@ -574,6 +574,8 @@ int DetectByteExtractSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *arg)
                 sm_list = DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH;
             } else {
                 sm_list = SigMatchListSMBelongsTo(s, prev_pm);
+                if (sm_list < 0)
+                    goto error;
             }
         } else {
             sm_list = DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH;
diff --git a/src/detect-bytejump.c b/src/detect-bytejump.c
index 9549e8e4ca..c2e0da0c3d 100644
--- a/src/detect-bytejump.c
+++ b/src/detect-bytejump.c
@@ -568,6 +568,8 @@ int DetectBytejumpSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *optstr)
                 sm_list = DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH;
             } else {
                 sm_list = SigMatchListSMBelongsTo(s, prev_pm);
+                if (sm_list < 0)
+                    goto error;
             }
         } else {
             sm_list = DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH;
@@ -671,6 +673,8 @@ int DetectBytejumpSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *optstr)
             sm_list = DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH;
         } else {
             sm_list = SigMatchListSMBelongsTo(s, prev_pm);
+            if (sm_list < 0)
+                goto error;
         }
 
     } else {
diff --git a/src/detect-bytetest.c b/src/detect-bytetest.c
index 661bb310c9..25d731fb4d 100644
--- a/src/detect-bytetest.c
+++ b/src/detect-bytetest.c
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ int DetectBytetestSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *optstr)
                 sm_list = DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH;
             } else {
                 sm_list = SigMatchListSMBelongsTo(s, prev_pm);
+                if (sm_list < 0)
+                    goto error;
             }
         } else {
             sm_list = DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH;
@@ -592,6 +594,8 @@ int DetectBytetestSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *optstr)
             sm_list = DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH;
         } else {
             sm_list = SigMatchListSMBelongsTo(s, prev_pm);
+            if (sm_list < 0)
+                goto error;
         }
 
     } else {