diff --git a/src/stream-tcp-reassemble.c b/src/stream-tcp-reassemble.c
index 25f0ce4feb..f6a6462619 100644
--- a/src/stream-tcp-reassemble.c
+++ b/src/stream-tcp-reassemble.c
@@ -1872,6 +1872,12 @@ static int StreamReassembleRawDo(const TcpSession *ssn, const TcpStream *stream,
             progress = mydata_offset;
             SCLogDebug("raw progress now %"PRIu64, progress);
 
+            /* data is beyond the progress we'd like, and also beyond the last ack:
+             * there is a gap and we can't expect it to get filled anymore. */
+        } else if (mydata_offset > progress && mydata_offset == re) {
+            SCLogDebug("mydata_offset %" PRIu64 ", progress %" PRIu64 ", re %" PRIu64,
+                    mydata_offset, progress, re);
+            progress = re;
         } else {
             SCLogDebug("not increasing progress, data gap => mydata_offset "
                        "%"PRIu64" != progress %"PRIu64, mydata_offset, progress);