diff --git a/src/flow-timeout.c b/src/flow-timeout.c
index 974c47249d..3d2920a255 100644
--- a/src/flow-timeout.c
+++ b/src/flow-timeout.c
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ static inline void FlowForceReassemblyForHash(void)
 
                 if (p == NULL) {
                     TmqhOutputPacketpool(NULL, reassemble_p);
+                    FBLOCK_UNLOCK(fb);
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -547,6 +548,7 @@ static inline void FlowForceReassemblyForHash(void)
 
                 if (p == NULL) {
                     TmqhOutputPacketpool(NULL, reassemble_p);
+                    FBLOCK_UNLOCK(fb);
                     return;
                 }