diff --git a/rules/ftp-events.rules b/rules/ftp-events.rules
index d32c93f32759..501fe1016555 100644
--- a/rules/ftp-events.rules
+++ b/rules/ftp-events.rules
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 
 alert ftp any any -> any any (msg:"SURICATA FTP Request command too long"; flow:to_server; app-layer-event:ftp.request_command_too_long; classtype:protocol-command-decode; sid:2232000; rev:1;)
 alert ftp any any -> any any (msg:"SURICATA FTP Response command too long"; flow:to_client; app-layer-event:ftp.response_command_too_long; classtype:protocol-command-decode; sid:2232001; rev:1;)
+alert ftp any any -> any any (msg:"SURICATA FTP too many transactions"; app-layer-event:ftp.too_many_transactions; classtype:protocol-command-decode; sid:2232002; rev:1;)
diff --git a/rust/src/ftp/event.rs b/rust/src/ftp/event.rs
index d7ee6969d64c..ce25fd2ce12c 100644
--- a/rust/src/ftp/event.rs
+++ b/rust/src/ftp/event.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ pub enum FtpEvent {
     FtpEventRequestCommandTooLong,
     #[name("response_command_too_long")]
     FtpEventResponseCommandTooLong,
+    #[name("too_many_transactions")]
+    FtpEventTooManyTransactions,
 }
 
 /// Wrapper around the Rust generic function for get_event_info.
diff --git a/src/app-layer-ftp.c b/src/app-layer-ftp.c
index d1eb32e62b22..6b90683eee92 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-ftp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-ftp.c
@@ -223,8 +223,17 @@ static FTPTransaction *FTPTransactionCreate(FtpState *state)
     SCEnter();
     FTPTransaction *firsttx = TAILQ_FIRST(&state->tx_list);
     if (firsttx && state->tx_cnt - firsttx->tx_id > ftp_config_maxtx) {
-        // FTP does not set events yet...
-        return NULL;
+        FTPTransaction *tx_old;
+        TAILQ_FOREACH (tx_old, &state->tx_list, next) {
+            if (!tx_old->done) {
+                tx_old->done = true;
+                tx_old->tx_data.updated_ts = true;
+                tx_old->tx_data.updated_tc = true;
+                SCAppLayerDecoderEventsSetEventRaw(
+                        &tx_old->tx_data.events, FtpEventTooManyTransactions);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
     }
     FTPTransaction *tx = FTPCalloc(1, sizeof(*tx));
     if (tx == NULL) {
diff --git a/suricata.yaml.in b/suricata.yaml.in
index 859c443903de..964245d2fba4 100644
--- a/suricata.yaml.in
+++ b/suricata.yaml.in
@@ -1000,6 +1000,7 @@ app-layer:
     ftp:
       enabled: yes
       # memcap: 64 MiB
+      # max-tx: 1024
     websocket:
       #enabled: yes
       # Maximum used payload size, the rest is skipped