diff --git a/src/tm-threads.c b/src/tm-threads.c
index f0b2f823b253..6cc111a0faae 100644
--- a/src/tm-threads.c
+++ b/src/tm-threads.c
@@ -140,9 +140,11 @@ TmEcode TmThreadsSlotVarRun(ThreadVars *tv, Packet *p, TmSlot *slot)
             TmThreadsSlotProcessPktFail(tv, s, NULL);
             return TM_ECODE_FAILED;
         }
-
-        if (TmThreadsProcessDecodePseudoPackets(tv, &tv->decode_pq, s->slot_next) != TM_ECODE_OK) {
-            return TM_ECODE_FAILED;
+        if (s->tm_flags & TM_FLAG_DECODE_TM) {
+            if (TmThreadsProcessDecodePseudoPackets(tv, &tv->decode_pq, s->slot_next) !=
+                    TM_ECODE_OK) {
+                return TM_ECODE_FAILED;
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -683,6 +685,7 @@ void TmSlotSetFuncAppend(ThreadVars *tv, TmModule *tm, const void *data)
     /* we don't have to check for the return value "-1".  We wouldn't have
      * received a TM as arg, if it didn't exist */
     slot->tm_id = TmModuleGetIDForTM(tm);
+    slot->tm_flags |= tm->flags;
 
     tv->tmm_flags |= tm->flags;
     tv->cap_flags |= tm->cap_flags;
diff --git a/src/tm-threads.h b/src/tm-threads.h
index d68c9230a372..3f901e9d26a9 100644
--- a/src/tm-threads.h
+++ b/src/tm-threads.h
@@ -62,14 +62,18 @@ typedef struct TmSlot_ {
 
     SC_ATOMIC_DECLARE(void *, slot_data);
 
+    /** copy of the TmModule::flags */
+    uint8_t tm_flags;
+
+    /* store the thread module id */
+    int tm_id;
+
     TmEcode (*SlotThreadInit)(ThreadVars *, const void *, void **);
     void (*SlotThreadExitPrintStats)(ThreadVars *, void *);
     TmEcode (*SlotThreadDeinit)(ThreadVars *, void *);
 
     /* data storage */
     const void *slot_initdata;
-    /* store the thread module id */
-    int tm_id;
 
 } TmSlot;