diff --git a/src/app-layer-ssl.h b/src/app-layer-ssl.h
index fc299c8762..bf8fc0f9e2 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-ssl.h
+++ b/src/app-layer-ssl.h
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ typedef struct SSLStateConnp_ {
     uint32_t handshake_length;
 
     /* the no of bytes processed in the currently parsed record */
-    uint16_t bytes_processed;
+    uint32_t bytes_processed;
     /* the no of bytes processed in the currently parsed handshake */
     uint16_t hs_bytes_processed;