diff --git a/src/source-netmap.c b/src/source-netmap.c
index 00b4400b4..0e1ac70c8 100644
--- a/src/source-netmap.c
+++ b/src/source-netmap.c
@@ -703,12 +703,21 @@ static void NetmapReleasePacket(Packet *p)
     PacketFreeOrRelease(p);
 }
 
+#if USE_NEW_NETMAP_API
 static void NetmapProcessPacket(NetmapThreadVars *ntv, const struct nm_pkthdr *ph)
+#else
+static void NetmapCallback(u_char *user, const struct nm_pkthdr *ph, const u_char *d)
+#endif
 {
 
+#if USE_NEW_NETMAP_API
+    const u_char *d = ph->buf;
+#else
+    NetmapThreadVars *ntv = (NetmapThreadVars *)user;
+#endif
     if (ntv->bpf_prog.bf_len) {
         struct pcap_pkthdr pkthdr = { {0, 0}, ph->len, ph->len };
-        if (pcap_offline_filter(&ntv->bpf_prog, &pkthdr, ph->buf) == 0) {
+        if (pcap_offline_filter(&ntv->bpf_prog, &pkthdr, d) == 0) {
             return;
         }
     }
@@ -726,12 +735,12 @@ static void NetmapProcessPacket(NetmapThreadVars *ntv, const struct nm_pkthdr *p
     ntv->bytes += ph->len;
 
     if (ntv->flags & NETMAP_FLAG_ZERO_COPY) {
-        if (PacketSetData(p, (uint8_t *)ph->buf, ph->len) == -1) {
+        if (PacketSetData(p, (uint8_t *)d, ph->len) == -1) {
             TmqhOutputPacketpool(ntv->tv, p);
             return;
         }
     } else {
-        if (PacketCopyData(p, (uint8_t *)ph->buf, ph->len) == -1) {
+        if (PacketCopyData(p, (uint8_t *)d, ph->len) == -1) {
             TmqhOutputPacketpool(ntv->tv, p);
             return;
         }
@@ -754,9 +763,6 @@ static void NetmapProcessPacket(NetmapThreadVars *ntv, const struct nm_pkthdr *p
  */
 #if USE_NEW_NETMAP_API
 static TmEcode NetmapReadPackets(struct nmport_d *d, int cnt, NetmapThreadVars *ntv)
-#else
-static TmEcode NetmapReadPackets(struct nm_desc *d, int cnt, NetmapThreadVars *ntv)
-#endif
 {
     struct nm_pkthdr hdr;
     int last_ring = d->last_rx_ring - d->first_rx_ring + 1;
@@ -826,6 +832,7 @@ static TmEcode NetmapReadPackets(struct nm_desc *d, int cnt, NetmapThreadVars *n
     }
     return got;
 }
+#endif
 
 /**
  *  \brief Main netmap reading loop function
@@ -890,8 +897,12 @@ static TmEcode ReceiveNetmapLoop(ThreadVars *tv, void *data, void *slot)
         }
 
         if (likely(fds.revents & POLLIN)) {
+#if USE_NEW_NETMAP_API
             /* have data on RX ring, so copy to Packet for processing */
             NetmapReadPackets(ntv->ifsrc->nmd, -1, ntv);
+#else
+            nm_dispatch(ntv->ifsrc->nmd, -1, NetmapCallback, (void *)ntv);
+#endif
         }
 
         NetmapDumpCounters(ntv);