diff --git a/src/detect.c b/src/detect.c
index 385a541460..19e7571ee5 100644
--- a/src/detect.c
+++ b/src/detect.c
@@ -9204,7 +9204,7 @@ static int SigTestDetectAlertCounter(void)
     }
 
     SigGroupBuild(de_ctx);
-    tv.name = "detect_test";
+    strlcpy(tv.name, "detect_test", sizeof(tv.name));
     DetectEngineThreadCtxInit(&tv, de_ctx, (void *)&det_ctx);
 
     /* init counters */