diff --git a/src/detect-engine-content-inspection.c b/src/detect-engine-content-inspection.c
index 7ee7c19d48..c15aeb1f5d 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-content-inspection.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-content-inspection.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ struct DetectEngineContentInspectionCtx {
 static int DetectEngineContentInspectionInternal(DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
         struct DetectEngineContentInspectionCtx *ctx, const Signature *s, const SigMatchData *smd,
         Packet *p, Flow *f, const uint8_t *buffer, const uint32_t buffer_len,
-        const uint32_t stream_start_offset, const uint8_t flags,
+        const uint64_t stream_start_offset, const uint8_t flags,
         const enum DetectContentInspectionType inspection_mode)
 {
     SCEnter();
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ final_match:
  */
 bool DetectEngineContentInspection(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
         const Signature *s, const SigMatchData *smd, Packet *p, Flow *f, const uint8_t *buffer,
-        const uint32_t buffer_len, const uint32_t stream_start_offset, const uint8_t flags,
+        const uint32_t buffer_len, const uint64_t stream_start_offset, const uint8_t flags,
         const enum DetectContentInspectionType inspection_mode)
 {
     struct DetectEngineContentInspectionCtx ctx = { .recursion.count = 0,
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-content-inspection.h b/src/detect-engine-content-inspection.h
index fe53086bad..740482a113 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-content-inspection.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine-content-inspection.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ enum DetectContentInspectionType {
 /* implicit "public" just returns true match, false no match */
 bool DetectEngineContentInspection(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
         const Signature *s, const SigMatchData *smd, Packet *p, Flow *f, const uint8_t *buffer,
-        const uint32_t buffer_len, const uint32_t stream_start_offset, const uint8_t flags,
+        const uint32_t buffer_len, const uint64_t stream_start_offset, const uint8_t flags,
         const enum DetectContentInspectionType inspection_mode);
 
 /** \brief content inspect entry for inspection buffers