diff --git a/src/stream-tcp.c b/src/stream-tcp.c
index d30bb39a48b7..0f1c2df5342d 100644
--- a/src/stream-tcp.c
+++ b/src/stream-tcp.c
@@ -469,12 +469,7 @@ void StreamTcpInitConfig(bool quiet)
     stream_config.ssn_memcap_policy = ExceptionPolicyParse("stream.memcap-policy", true);
     stream_config.reassembly_memcap_policy =
             ExceptionPolicyParse("stream.reassembly.memcap-policy", true);
-    stream_config.midstream_policy = ExceptionPolicyParse("stream.midstream-policy", true);
-    if (stream_config.midstream && stream_config.midstream_policy != EXCEPTION_POLICY_NOT_SET) {
-        SCLogWarning("stream.midstream_policy setting conflicting with stream.midstream enabled. "
-                     "Ignoring stream.midstream_policy. Bug #5825.");
-        stream_config.midstream_policy = EXCEPTION_POLICY_NOT_SET;
-    }
+    stream_config.midstream_policy = ExceptionPolicyMidstreamParse(stream_config.midstream);
 
     if (!quiet) {
         SCLogConfig("stream.\"inline\": %s",