diff --git a/src/detect-file-data.c b/src/detect-file-data.c
index e15db5b20731..53c046449f99 100644
--- a/src/detect-file-data.c
+++ b/src/detect-file-data.c
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ void DetectFiledataRegister(void)
     g_file_data_buffer_id = DetectBufferTypeGetByName("file_data");
 }
 
-static void SetupDetectEngineConfig(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx) {
+static void SetupDetectEngineConfig(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
+{
     if (de_ctx->filedata_config)
         return;
 
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ static InspectionBuffer *FiledataGetDataCallback(DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
     /* update inspected tracker */
     buffer->inspect_offset = offset;
 
-    if (ips && file_size < cur_file->inspect_min_size) {
+    if (ips && file_size < cur_file->inspect_min_size && cur_file->state == FILE_STATE_OPENED) {
         // don't update content_inspected yet
     } else {
         SCLogDebug("content inspected: %" PRIu64, cur_file->content_inspected);