diff --git a/src/detect-http-cookie.c b/src/detect-http-cookie.c
index 8603ebbceb..8d3034be61 100644
--- a/src/detect-http-cookie.c
+++ b/src/detect-http-cookie.c
@@ -202,15 +202,11 @@ int DetectHttpCookieSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, SigMatch *m,
     }
     memcpy(hd->data, ((DetectContentData *)m->ctx)->content, hd->data_len);
 
-    sm = SigMatchAlloc();
-    if (sm == NULL)
-        goto error;
-
-    sm->type = DETECT_AL_HTTP_COOKIE;
-    sm->ctx = (void *)hd;
-
     /* Okay we need to replace the type to HTTP_COOKIE from CONTENT */
-    SigMatchReplace(s, m, sm);
+    free(((DetectContentData *)m->ctx)->content);
+    free(m->ctx);
+    m->type = DETECT_AL_HTTP_COOKIE;
+    m->ctx = (void *)hd;
 
     /* Flagged the signature as to scan the app layer data */
     s->flags |=SIG_FLAG_APPLAYER;
@@ -370,6 +366,46 @@ int DetectHttpCookieTest05(void)
     return result;
 }
 
+/**
+ * \test Checks if a http_cookie is registered in a Signature, when rawbytes is
+ *       also specified in the signature
+ */
+int DetectHttpCookieTest06(void)
+{
+    DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx = NULL;
+    int result = 0;
+
+    if ( (de_ctx = DetectEngineCtxInit()) == NULL)
+        goto end;
+
+    de_ctx->flags |= DE_QUIET;
+    de_ctx->sig_list = SigInit(de_ctx, "alert tcp any any -> any any "
+                               "(msg:\"Testing http_cookie\"; content:\"one\"; "
+                               "http_cookie; uricontent:\"abc\"; sid:1;)");
+    if (de_ctx->sig_list == NULL)
+        goto end;
+
+    Signature *s = de_ctx->sig_list;
+
+    if (s->match->type != DETECT_AL_HTTP_COOKIE)
+        goto end;
+
+    if (s->match->next == NULL) {
+        printf("expected another SigMatch, got NULL: ");
+        goto end;
+    }
+
+    if (s->match->next->type != DETECT_URICONTENT) {
+        goto end;
+    }
+
+    result = 1;
+ end:
+    if (de_ctx != NULL) SigCleanSignatures(de_ctx);
+    if (de_ctx != NULL) DetectEngineCtxFree(de_ctx);
+    return result;
+}
+
 /** \test Check the signature working to alert when http_cookie is matched . */
 static int DetectHttpCookieSigTest01(void) {
     int result = 0;
@@ -555,6 +591,7 @@ void DetectHttpCookieRegisterTests (void)
     UtRegisterTest("DetectHttpCookieTest03", DetectHttpCookieTest03, 1);
     UtRegisterTest("DetectHttpCookieTest04", DetectHttpCookieTest04, 1);
     UtRegisterTest("DetectHttpCookieTest05", DetectHttpCookieTest05, 1);
+    UtRegisterTest("DetectHttpCookieTest06", DetectHttpCookieTest06, 1);
     UtRegisterTest("DetectHttpCookieSigTest01", DetectHttpCookieSigTest01, 1);
     UtRegisterTest("DetectHttpCookieSigTest02", DetectHttpCookieSigTest02, 1);
 #endif /* UNITTESTS */
diff --git a/src/detect-http-method.c b/src/detect-http-method.c
index 97011b2f7f..c2bb356238 100755
--- a/src/detect-http-method.c
+++ b/src/detect-http-method.c
@@ -193,17 +193,11 @@ int DetectHttpMethodSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s,
     method = bstr_memdup((char *)data->content, data->content_len);
     data->method = htp_convert_method_to_number(method);
 
-    sm = SigMatchAlloc();
-    if (sm == NULL) {
-        // XXX: Should we bother with an error - it may fail too?
-        goto error;
-    }
-
-    sm->type = DETECT_AL_HTTP_METHOD;
-    sm->ctx = (void *)data;
-
-    /* Replace the CONTENT sigmatch with HTTP_METHOD */
-    SigMatchReplace(s, m, sm);
+    /* Okay we need to replace the type to HTTP_METHOD from CONTENT */
+    free(((DetectContentData *)m->ctx)->content);
+    free(m->ctx);
+    m->type = DETECT_AL_HTTP_METHOD;
+    m->ctx = (void *)data;
 
     /* Flagged the signature as to scan the app layer data */
     s->flags |=SIG_FLAG_APPLAYER;
diff --git a/src/detect-uricontent.c b/src/detect-uricontent.c
index a2f0082e6b..41b4d66e14 100644
--- a/src/detect-uricontent.c
+++ b/src/detect-uricontent.c
@@ -418,6 +418,8 @@ error:
 int DetectUricontentSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, SigMatch *m,
                            char *contentstr)
 {
+    SCEnter();
+
     SigMatch *sm = NULL;
     DetectUricontentData *cd = DoDetectUricontentSetup(contentstr);
     if (cd == NULL)
@@ -440,11 +442,11 @@ int DetectUricontentSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, SigMatch *m,
     /* Flagged the signature as to scan the app layer data */
     s->flags |=SIG_FLAG_APPLAYER;
 
-    return 0;
+    SCReturnInt(0);
 
 error:
     if (cd) free(cd);
-    return -1;
+    SCReturnInt(-1);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/detect.h b/src/detect.h
index 1856149fbe..cd9279f1a0 100644
--- a/src/detect.h
+++ b/src/detect.h
@@ -488,10 +488,10 @@ enum {
     DETECT_REFERENCE,
     DETECT_TAG,
     DETECT_MSG,
-    DETECT_CONTENT,    /* 8 */
-    DETECT_URICONTENT, /* 9 */
-    DETECT_PCRE,       /* 10 */
-    DETECT_PCRE_HTTPBODY, /* 11 */
+    DETECT_CONTENT,
+    DETECT_URICONTENT,
+    DETECT_PCRE,
+    DETECT_PCRE_HTTPBODY,
     DETECT_ACK,
     DETECT_SEQ,
     DETECT_DEPTH,