diff --git a/src/detect-geoip.c b/src/detect-geoip.c
index a48b505527..a43dc2d582 100644
--- a/src/detect-geoip.c
+++ b/src/detect-geoip.c
@@ -250,8 +250,6 @@ static int DetectGeoipMatch(DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
     const DetectGeoipData *geoipdata = (const DetectGeoipData *)ctx;
     int matches = 0;
 
-    DEBUG_VALIDATE_BUG_ON(PKT_IS_PSEUDOPKT(p));
-
     if (PacketIsIPv4(p)) {
         if (geoipdata->flags & ( GEOIP_MATCH_SRC_FLAG | GEOIP_MATCH_BOTH_FLAG ))
         {
@@ -416,7 +414,6 @@ static int DetectGeoipSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, const char *o
                 de_ctx, s, DETECT_GEOIP, (SigMatchCtx *)geoipdata, DETECT_SM_LIST_MATCH) == NULL) {
         goto error;
     }
-    s->flags |= SIG_FLAG_REQUIRE_PACKET;
 
     return 0;