diff --git a/src/app-layer-smtp.c b/src/app-layer-smtp.c
index 1eb0aa29d0..cd02d91236 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-smtp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-smtp.c
@@ -1490,17 +1490,17 @@ int SMTPStateGetEventInfo(const char *event_name,
 
 static int SMTPRegisterPatternsForProtocolDetection(void)
 {
-    if (AppLayerProtoDetectPMRegisterPatternCS(IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMTP,
+    if (AppLayerProtoDetectPMRegisterPatternCI(IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMTP,
                                                "EHLO", 4, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER) < 0)
     {
         return -1;
     }
-    if (AppLayerProtoDetectPMRegisterPatternCS(IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMTP,
+    if (AppLayerProtoDetectPMRegisterPatternCI(IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMTP,
                                                "HELO", 4, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER) < 0)
     {
         return -1;
     }
-    if (AppLayerProtoDetectPMRegisterPatternCS(IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMTP,
+    if (AppLayerProtoDetectPMRegisterPatternCI(IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMTP,
                                                "QUIT", 4, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER) < 0)
     {
         return -1;