diff --git a/rust/src/filetracker.rs b/rust/src/filetracker.rs
index 4585608d9b..dbc80a682e 100644
--- a/rust/src/filetracker.rs
+++ b/rust/src/filetracker.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ impl FileTransferTracker {
         !self.file_open
     }
 
+    pub fn is_initialized(&self) -> bool {
+        return self.file_open || self.file_is_truncated;
+    }
+
     fn open(&mut self, config: &'static SuricataFileContext, name: &[u8]) -> i32
     {
         let r = self.file.file_open(config, self.track_id, name, self.file_flags);
diff --git a/rust/src/http2/http2.rs b/rust/src/http2/http2.rs
index 63032cc5b6..a24b8a0581 100644
--- a/rust/src/http2/http2.rs
+++ b/rust/src/http2/http2.rs
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ impl HTTP2Transaction {
         let xid: u32 = self.tx_id as u32;
         if dir == Direction::ToClient {
             self.ft_tc.tx_id = self.tx_id - 1;
-            if !self.ft_tc.file_open {
+            // Check that we are at the beginning of the file
+            if !self.ft_tc.is_initialized() {
                 // we are now sure that new_chunk will open a file
                 // even if it may close it right afterwards
                 self.tx_data.incr_files_opened();