diff --git a/src/detect-icmp-id.c b/src/detect-icmp-id.c
index d8727c7aa47c..f29cc0f74765 100644
--- a/src/detect-icmp-id.c
+++ b/src/detect-icmp-id.c
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ void DetectIcmpIdRegister (void)
 
 static inline bool GetIcmpId(Packet *p, uint16_t *id)
 {
-    if (PKT_IS_PSEUDOPKT(p))
-        return false;
-
     uint16_t pid;
     if (PacketIsICMPv4(p)) {
         switch (p->icmp_s.type) {