diff --git a/src/stream-tcp.c b/src/stream-tcp.c
index 9270dba1d7..3921c7030d 100644
--- a/src/stream-tcp.c
+++ b/src/stream-tcp.c
@@ -1859,10 +1859,7 @@ static void TcpStateQueueInitFromPktSynAck(const Packet *p, TcpStateQueue *q)
 {
 #if defined(DEBUG_VALIDATION) || defined(DEBUG)
     const TcpSession *ssn = p->flow->protoctx;
-    if ((ssn->flags & STREAMTCP_FLAG_TCP_FAST_OPEN) == 0)
-        BUG_ON(ssn->state != TCP_SYN_SENT);
-    else
-        BUG_ON(ssn->state != TCP_ESTABLISHED);
+    BUG_ON(ssn->state != TCP_SYN_SENT);
 #endif
     memset(q, 0, sizeof(*q));
 
@@ -2020,7 +2017,6 @@ static int StreamTcpPacketStateSynSent(
                 return -1;
             }
             ssn->flags |= STREAMTCP_FLAG_TCP_FAST_OPEN;
-            StreamTcpPacketSetState(p, ssn, TCP_ESTABLISHED);
         }
 
         const bool ts_mismatch = !StateSynSentValidateTimestamp(ssn, p);