diff --git a/src/flow-hash.c b/src/flow-hash.c
index 70416aa538..9e8ea3d309 100644
--- a/src/flow-hash.c
+++ b/src/flow-hash.c
@@ -680,6 +680,8 @@ static inline bool FlowBelongsToUs(const ThreadVars *tv, const Flow *f)
 static inline void MoveToWorkQueue(ThreadVars *tv, FlowLookupStruct *fls,
         FlowBucket *fb, Flow *f, Flow *prev_f)
 {
+    f->flow_end_flags |= FLOW_END_FLAG_TIMEOUT;
+
     /* remove from hash... */
     if (prev_f) {
         prev_f->next = f->next;