diff --git a/src/util-streaming-buffer.c b/src/util-streaming-buffer.c
index 96dbac8cec..b60b696f32 100644
--- a/src/util-streaming-buffer.c
+++ b/src/util-streaming-buffer.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ int StreamingBufferInsertAt(StreamingBuffer *sb, StreamingBufferSegment *seg,
                             uint64_t offset)
 {
     BUG_ON(seg == NULL);
-
+    DEBUG_VALIDATE_BUG_ON(offset < sb->stream_offset);
     if (offset < sb->stream_offset)
         return -2;