diff --git a/src/detect-parse.c b/src/detect-parse.c
index 47c1b690a159..3d3d0c918b8c 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.c
+++ b/src/detect-parse.c
@@ -902,10 +902,11 @@ static int SigParseOptions(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *optstr,
     }
     optname = optstr;
 
-    if (requires) {
-        if (strcmp(optname, "requires")) {
-            goto finish;
-        }
+    /* Check for options that are only to be processed during the
+     * first "requires" pass. */
+    bool requires_only = strcmp(optname, "requires") == 0 || strcmp(optname, "sid") == 0;
+    if ((requires && !requires_only) || (!requires && requires_only)) {
+        goto finish;
     }
 
     /* Call option parsing */
@@ -2139,10 +2140,7 @@ static int SigValidate(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s)
             AppLayerHtpNeedFileInspection();
         }
     }
-    if (s->id == 0) {
-        SCLogError("Signature missing required value \"sid\".");
-        SCReturnInt(0);
-    }
+
     SCReturnInt(1);
 }
 
@@ -2183,6 +2181,12 @@ static Signature *SigInitHelper(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, const char *sigstr,
         goto error;
     }
 
+    /* Check for a SID before continuuing. */
+    if (sig->id == 0) {
+        SCLogError("Signature missing required value \"sid\".");
+        goto error;
+    }
+
     /* Now completely parse the rule. */
     ret = SigParse(de_ctx, sig, sigstr, dir, &parser, false);
     BUG_ON(ret == -4);