diff --git a/src/detect-engine.c b/src/detect-engine.c
index 9d8795044da3..dfb99f58495c 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine.c
@@ -3237,6 +3237,8 @@ DetectEngineThreadCtx *DetectEngineThreadCtxInitForReload(
 
     /** alert counter setup */
     det_ctx->counter_alerts = StatsRegisterCounter("detect.alert", tv);
+    det_ctx->counter_alerts_overflow = StatsRegisterCounter("detect.alert_queue_overflow", tv);
+    det_ctx->counter_alerts_suppressed = StatsRegisterCounter("detect.alerts_suppressed", tv);
 #ifdef PROFILING
     uint16_t counter_mpm_list = StatsRegisterAvgCounter("detect.mpm_list", tv);
     uint16_t counter_nonmpm_list = StatsRegisterAvgCounter("detect.nonmpm_list", tv);