diff --git a/src/decode-vntag.c b/src/decode-vntag.c
index b5bf235d9d..b7963238bb 100644
--- a/src/decode-vntag.c
+++ b/src/decode-vntag.c
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ static int DecodeVNTagtest01(void)
 {
     uint8_t raw_vntag[] = { 0x00, 0x20, 0x08 };
     Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
-    if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-        return 0;
+    FAIL_IF_NULL(p);
+
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
diff --git a/src/decode.h b/src/decode.h
index d44fe8cb28..26341a114d 100644
--- a/src/decode.h
+++ b/src/decode.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ enum PktSrcEnum {
 #include "decode-raw.h"
 #include "decode-null.h"
 #include "decode-vlan.h"
+#include "decode-vntag.h"
 #include "decode-vxlan.h"
 #include "decode-mpls.h"
 #include "decode-nsh.h"
diff --git a/src/runmode-unittests.c b/src/runmode-unittests.c
index 8aae154e30..e6617c307f 100644
--- a/src/runmode-unittests.c
+++ b/src/runmode-unittests.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ static void RegisterUnittests(void)
     DecodeCHDLCRegisterTests();
     DecodePPPRegisterTests();
     DecodeVLANRegisterTests();
+    DecodeVNTagRegisterTests();
     DecodeGeneveRegisterTests();
     DecodeVXLANRegisterTests();
     DecodeRawRegisterTests();